Creating folders/sub-folders in python

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New to coding and need some help. I've gotten so far just can't figure out how to get it to do what i need next.

import os
import subprocess
import os.path
import glob
import re
import shutil
import sys
import time

#Server Paths
test_path = 'C:\\Users\\richard.hensman\\Documents\\Test Files'

MYSGS = input("ENTER MY SGS NO: ")
BARCODE = input("ENTER BARCODE: ")
FERT = input("ENTER FERT: ")
MM = input("ENTER MM: ")
DESC = input("ENTER DESCRIPTION (NO SLASHES): ")

newfolder = os.path.join(test_path, MYSGS + "-" + BARCODE + "_" + FERT + "_" + MM + "_" + DESC)
os.makedirs(newfolder)

This creates a folder named exactly how i need it however within that folder I need 5 sub-folders: '3D Final', '3D Model', '3D Model', 'Art', 'Reference'

Finally inside sub-folder 'Art' need another sub-folder 'Supplied'

How can I do this?

Błotosmętek · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-18 10:33:43Z

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for subfolder in ['3D Final', '3D Model', '3D Model', 'Art', 'Reference']:
    os.makedirs(os.path.join(newfolder, subfolder))
os.makedirs(os.path.join(newfolder, 'Art', 'Supplied'))

answered Jul 18, 2017 at 10:33

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cs95 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-18 10:32:11Z

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Once you create that particular directory, you can navigate into it using os.chdir(...) and then create more as needed.

You'd add these lines at the end of your program:

os.chdir(newfolder)
for dir in ['3D Final', '3D Model', '3D Model', 'Art', 'Reference']:
    os.mkdir(dir)

os.mkdir(os.path.join('Art', 'Supplied'))

answered Jul 18, 2017 at 10:32

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Błotosmętek Over a year ago

os.mkdir('Art\\Supplied') under Linux will produce a directory named 'Art\Supplied` rather than a subdirectory Supplied in Art.

cs95 Over a year ago

@Błotosmętek Sorry. Realised my mistake. Thanks for that.

C.Nivs · Accepted Answer · 2024-12-10 14:40:00Z

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In python 3, you can use pathlib.Path to create directories in a more object-oriented fashion:

from pathlib import Path

root = Path(test_dir)
middle = root / '_'.join((f'{MYSGS}-{BARCODE}', FERT, MM, DESC))

for folder in ('3D Final', '3D Model', '3D Model', 'Art', 'Reference'):
    end = middle / folder
    end.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)

Where the parents kwarg will do the recursive subdirectory creation, and exist_ok will allow for the upper folders to exist and skip the creation, basically handling an OSError that would otherwise be raised.

answered Dec 10, 2024 at 14:40

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