How to create nested directories using Mkdir in Golang?

os.Mkdir is used to create a single directory. To create a folder path, instead try using:

os.MkdirAll(folderPath, os.ModePerm)

Go documentation

func MkdirAll(path string, perm FileMode) error

MkdirAll creates a directory named path, along with any necessary parents, and returns nil, or else returns an error. The permission bits perm are used for all directories that MkdirAll creates. If path is already a directory, MkdirAll does nothing and returns nil.

Edit:

Updated to correctly use os.ModePerm instead.
For concatenation of file paths, use package path/filepath as described in @Chris' answer.

This way you don't have to use any magic numbers:

os.MkdirAll(newPath, os.ModePerm)

Also, rather than using + to create paths, you can use:

import "path/filepath"
path := filepath.Join(someRootPath, someSubPath)

The above uses the correct separators automatically on each platform for you.

If the issue is to create all the necessary parent directories, you could consider using os.MkDirAll()

MkdirAll creates a directory named path, along with any necessary parents, and returns nil, or else returns an error.

The path_test.go is a good illustration on how to use it:

func TestMkdirAll(t *testing.T) {
    tmpDir := TempDir()
    path := tmpDir + "/_TestMkdirAll_/dir/./dir2"
    err := MkdirAll(path, 0777)
    if err != nil {
    t.Fatalf("MkdirAll %q: %s", path, err)
    }
    defer RemoveAll(tmpDir + "/_TestMkdirAll_")
...
}

(Make sure to specify a sensible permission value, as mentioned in this answer)