Question

I created a directory using:

def createDir(dir_name):
    try:    
        os.mkdir(dir_name)
        return True;
    except:
        return False

createDir(OUTPUT_DIR)

Now I want to create a file for writing and place it inside my newly created directory, that is inside OUTPUT_DIR. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Use the python built-in function open() to create a file object.

import os

f = open(os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, 'file.txt'), 'w')
f.write('This is the new file.')
f.close()