bundles / IPython 9.3.0 / IPython / core / profiledir / ProfileDir / _mkdir

function

`IPython.core.profiledir:ProfileDir._mkdir`

source: /IPython/core/profiledir.py :74

Signature

def _mkdir ( self , path : str , mode : Optional[int] = None ) → bool

Summary

ensure a directory exists at a given path

Extended Summary

This is a version of os.mkdir, with the following differences:

returns whether the directory has been created or not.
ignores EEXIST, protecting against race conditions where the dir may have been created in between the check and the creation
sets permissions if requested and the dir already exists

Parameters

path: str: path of the dir to create
mode: int: see mode of os.mkdir

Returns

: bool:: returns True if it created the directory, False otherwise

Aliases

IPython.core.application.ProfileDir._mkdir