How can I safely create a nested directory?

Question

What is the most elegant way to check if the directory a file is going to be written to exists, and if not, create the directory using Python? Here is what I tried:

Answer 1

For a one-liner solution, you can use IPython.utils.path.ensure_dir_exists():

from IPython.utils.path import ensure_dir_exists
ensure_dir_exists(dir)

From the documentation: Ensure that a directory exists. If it doesn’t exist, try to create it and protect against a race condition if another process is doing the same.