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Sun Jul 18 11:30:51 CEST 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-July/102025.html

On 17/07/2010 11:03 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> I don't see that there is a function in the library that mimic the
> behavior of 'mkdir -p'. If 'makedirs' is used, it will generate an
> error if the file already exists. There are some functions available
> on the website to close the gap. But I'd prefer this is in the
> library. Is there any plan to add a function that mimic the behavior
> of  'mkdir -p'?

If I were you I'd ping Tarek who's taken ownership of the shutil
module. It would go there if it went anywhere.

That said, it's not clear just how far the stdlib should go to
mimic every switch and option of shell commands...

TJG

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