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check for a folder with python

if os.chdir(path+"micro")==True:
    os.chdir(path+"micro")
else: 
    os.mkdir(path+"micro")
    os.chdir(path+"micro")

when I use this method it gives me an error and says file exitsts why can't I access that file

Solution

  • If I understand your question correctly, this code is for you:

    if os.path.exists(path+"micro"):
    os.chdir(path+"micro")
else: 
    os.mkdir(path+"micro")
    os.chdir(path+"micro")

    Your code was incorrect because as you can see from the documentation os.chdir does not return any value, but is used to change the current working directory to the given path. Returns None in all the cases. For this reason your code gave an error.

    Instead you need the os.path.exists method which return True if path refers to an existing path. Returns False for broken symbolic links. On some platforms, this function may return False if permission is not granted to execute os.stat() on the requested file, even if the path physically exists.