Suppose you want to make many folders aka directories for some purposes. Maybe you need to make many folders in a relative’s computers? Maybe you want to make many folders with same pattern in the names? Maybe someone has a habit of deleting files or formatting his hard drive and you have the responsibility of making a basic folder hierarchy>
I posted how to delete files so I thought to add one to make files also.
The hierarchy of directories that I am making is like this. Every indent means a subdirectory of the previous unindented one.
./project_euler
./001_050
./051_100
...
./401_450
./codechef
./easy
./medium
./hard
./spoj
./functions
./utilities
I made this script to learn Python mainly but it can be used to do same task of creating directories again and again easily. There are alternatives in Unix/Linux but in Windows it might be the easiest way.
#! python3
import os
TOP_LEVEL = ('spoj', 'functions', 'utilities', '_testing')
EULER_HIGHEST = 450
CODECHEF_FOL = ('easy', 'medium', 'hard')
def safe_make_folder(i):
'''Makes a folder and its parent if not present'''
try:
os.makedirs(i)
except:
pass
def make_top_level():
'''Makes folders with no subdirectories'''
for i in TOP_LEVEL:
safe_make_folder(i)
def make_euler_folders():
'''Makes euler and its subdirectories'''
for j in (os.path.join('project_euler', '{:03}_{:03}'.format(i, i + 49))
for i in range(1,EULER_HIGHEST, 50)):
safe_make_folder(j)
def make_codechef_folders():
'''Makes codechef and its subdirectories'''
for i in CODECHEF_FOL:
safe_make_folder(os.path.join('codechef', i))
def main():
make_top_level()
make_euler_folders()
make_codechef_folders()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
This script’s comments are self-explanatory. Any questions? Just ask in the comments?
ansh bansal 