# 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)