How to create nested directories using Mkdir in Golang?

Question

I am trying to create a set of nested directories from a Go executable such as \'dir1/dir2/dir3\'. I have succeeded in creating a single directory with this line:

Answer 1

If the issue is to create all the necessary parent directories, you could consider using os.MkDirAll()

MkdirAll creates a directory named path, along with any necessary parents, and returns nil, or else returns an error.

The path_test.go is a good illustration on how to use it:

func TestMkdirAll(t *testing.T) {
    tmpDir := TempDir()
    path := tmpDir + "/_TestMkdirAll_/dir/./dir2"
    err := MkdirAll(path, 0777)
    if err != nil {
    t.Fatalf("MkdirAll %q: %s", path, err)
    }
    defer RemoveAll(tmpDir + "/_TestMkdirAll_")
...
}

(Make sure to specify a sensible permission value, as mentioned in this answer)