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Aug-28-2019, 07:26 PM (This post was last modified: Aug-28-2019, 07:27 PM by Larz60+.)

if you use pathlib, it's simple

>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> CurrentDir = Path('.')
>>>
>>> Newdir = CurrentDir / 'newdir'
>>> Newdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

newdir will only be created if it doesn't exist

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RE: create a new directory if not already exists - by Larz60+ - Aug-28-2019, 07:26 PM

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