Question

i am trying to create bulk folders based on simple text file. os.makedir helps to create new folder but i am not sure how to incorporate with newpath variable along with folder list. following is what i am trying with. I understand that code has syntax error. So need some help to correct/enhance the code.

import os.path  
newpath = r'C:\Program Files\test\'  
with open('folders.txt') as f:  
    for line in f:  
        ff = os.makedirs(newpath,line.strip())  
        ff.close()

Answer 1

Perhaps something like this?

import os, sys
newpath = 'C:\Program Files\test'
with open(open('folders.txt') as f:
  for line in f:
    newdir = os.path.join(newpath, line.strip())
    try:
      os.makedirs(newdir)
    except OSError:  # if makedirs() failed
      sys.stderr.write("ERR: Could not create %s\n" % newdir)
      pass  # continue with next line

Notes:

• Use os.path.join() to combine a paths. This will automatically use separators that are suitable for your OS.
• os.makedirs() does not return anything
• os.makedirs() will raise an OSError exception if the directory already exists or cannot be created.