What is the difference between makedirs and mkdir of os?

Question

I am confused to use about these two `os`methods to create the new directory. Please give me some example in Python.

Accepted Answer

`makedirs()` creates all the intermediate directories if they don't exist (just like `mkdir -p` in bash).

`mkdir()` can create a single sub-directory, and will throw an exception if intermediate directories that don't exist are specified.

Either can be used to create a single 'leaf' directory (dirA):

- `os.mkdir('dirA')`

- `os.makedirs('dirA')`

But makedirs must be used to create 'branches':

- `os.makedirs('dirA/dirB')` will work [the entire structure is created]

`mkdir` can work here if `dirA` already exists, but if it doesn't an error will be thrown.

Note that unlike `mkdir -p` in bash, either will fail if the leaf already exists.

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