How to overwrite a folder if it already exists when creating it with makedirs?
import os
import shutil
dir = 'path_to_my_folder'
if os.path.exists(dir):
shutil.rmtree(dir)
os.makedirs(dir)
import os
import shutil
path = 'path_to_my_folder'
if not os.path.exists(path):
os.makedirs(path)
else:
shutil.rmtree(path) # Removes all the subdirectories!
os.makedirs(path)
How about that? Take a look at shutil's Python library!
os.path.exists(dir) check is recommended but can be avoided by using ignore_errors
dir = 'path_to_my_folder'
shutil.rmtree(dir, ignore_errors=True)
os.makedirs(dir)