How to check if a directory is exist in python?

[Vincent Wehren]

"Vincent Wehren" <vincent at visualtrans.de> wrote in message 
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||I check the documentation here, but it does not say how to check if a
|| directory is exist in python?
|| http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html
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| Look at the exist or isdir  methods of the os.path module

Ofcourse I mean "exists"...

| (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html}
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|| And why mkdir fails if the directory already exists?
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| If you prefer a "more friendly" approach you may wanna take a look at 
Trent
| Mick's _mkdir which is located at
| http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/82465
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| Regards,
| Vincent Wehren
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|| Thank you.
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