python script to ensure there is a directory of that name in that path
def ensure_dir(dir_name,parent_dir,verbose=False):
# ensures there is a directory of that name in that path
# by: Cody Kochmann
# ex: trash_dir=ensure_dir("trash", script_dir)
def v_log(s):
if(verbose):
print(s)
from os import listdir, path, mkdir
dir_name=dir_name.replace("/", "")
if parent_dir[-1] != "/":
parent_dir+="/"
new_dir = parent_dir+dir_name
v_log(new_dir)
if path.isdir(new_dir) == False:
mkdir(new_dir)
else:
v_log("%s already exists" % (dir_name))
return(new_dir+"/")