Python cannot create subfolder by set folder name as input

Question

I want to create folder name 1 in folder abc. This is the code.

id=input("enter user id : ")

path = "/abc/" + str(id)

try:
    os.mkdir(path)
except OSError:
    print ("Creation of the directory %s failed" % path)
else:
    print ("Successfully created the directory %s " % path)

I enter 1 for create folder name 1 but it show error like this. How to fix it?

enter user id : 1
Creation of the directory /abc/1 failed

Apparently, an OSError exception is raised - look at the exception and see what message or error code comes with it. — Grismar
– Grismar, Commented Aug 24, 2020 at 4:50

theNishant · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-24 05:09:47Z

2

Try using:

id = input("enter user id : ")
path = "abc/{}".format(id)
try:
    file = open(path)
except Exception:
    if not os.path.exists(path):
        os.makedirs(path)

answered Aug 24, 2020 at 5:09

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Vasu · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-24 05:09:28Z

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Just try:

if not os.path.isdir(path):
    os.mkdir(path)

This will create the folder if the folder will not exist.

and try to create the path of the file like this:

path = os.path.join('os.chdir()','abc','id)

using os.path.join is a better practice.

edited Aug 24, 2020 at 5:09

answered Aug 24, 2020 at 5:02

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