How to overwrite a folder if it already exists when creating it with makedirs?

Question

The following code allows me to create a directory if it does not already exist.

dir = \'path_to_my_folder\'
if not os.path.exists(dir):
    os.makedirs(dir)         


        

Answer 1

os.path.exists(dir) check is recommended but can be avoided by using ignore_errors

dir = 'path_to_my_folder'
shutil.rmtree(dir, ignore_errors=True)
os.makedirs(dir)