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# Script Name : create_dir_if_not_there.py

# Author : Craig Richards

# Created : 09th January 2012

# Last Modified : 22nd October 2015

# Version : 1.0.1

# Modifications : Added exceptions

# : 1.0.1 Tidy up comments and syntax

#

# Description : Checks to see if a directory exists in the users home directory, if not then create it

import os # Import the OS module

MESSAGE = 'The directory already exists.'

TESTDIR = 'testdir'

try:

home = os.path.expanduser("~") # Set the variable home by expanding the user's set home directory

print(home) # Print the location

if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(home, TESTDIR)): # os.path.join() for making a full path safely

os.makedirs(os.path.join(home, TESTDIR)) # If not create the directory, inside their home directory

else:

print(MESSAGE)

except Exception as e:

print(e)