creating new directory

[jiten_shah18]

import codecs
import os, os.path

path1 = u"C:\\Data\\MyApp\\temp.ini"

newline = "\n"

def init_settings():
f = codecs.open(path1, 'w', 'utf_8')
settings = "variable_1" + newline
settings += "variable_2" + newline
settings += "variable_3" + newline
f.write(settings)
f.close()



def mk_dir():
if not os.path.exists(path1):
os.makedirs(path1)



mk_dir()
init_settings()


problem: the directory along with file is getting created but there is no data inside,
emulator gives an IO error -Permission denied

[bogdan.galiceanu]

That's because you're creating the directory named temp.ini, and then trying to write to it as if it were a file. So call os.makedirs with the path C:\\Data\\MyApp, as C:\\Data\\MyApp\\temp.ini is the path of the file.

And please use the CODE tags when posting code (the button with the # symbol on it in the post editor). That keeps the code indented and easy to read.

[jiten_shah18]

thanx for ur help,it worked

can you tell me why it is creating only C:\MyApp folder instead of C:\Data\MyApp

[bogdan.galiceanu]

That's strange... If you use os.makedirs("C:\\Data\\MyApp") it should create the folder C:\Data\MyApp. That's what it did when I tried it.

[mahesh.sayibabu]

can you tell me why it is creating only C:\MyApp folder instead of C:\Data\MyApp

Are you sure that it has created C:\MyApp folder instead of C:\Data\MyApp ?
You can check using

import os
os.listdir('c:')
os.listdir('c:\\Data')

Some file browsers might show 'c:\Data' directly when you select phone memory. Hope this is one of such case.

[jiten_shah18]

hello mahesh.sayibabu,
yeah i am sure its creating c:\Myapp instead of c:\Data\Myapp
and even the code given by u has no output may i know what is the reason?

[mahesh.sayibabu]

Check with this code. It is tested on E71 with PyS60 1.9.6
The directory, file and the file contents are created as expected.

import codecs
import os, os.path

dir_path = u"C:\\Data\\MyApp"
file = "temp.ini"
newline = "\n"


def init_settings():
    f = codecs.open(os.path.join(dir_path, file), 'w', 'utf_8')
    settings = "variable_1" + newline
    settings += "variable_2" + newline
    settings += "variable_3" + newline
    f.write(settings)
    f.close()


def mk_dir():
    if not os.path.exists(dir_path):
        os.makedirs(dir_path)


mk_dir()
init_settings()