In Python 3, we can use os.makedirs(..., exist_ok=True)

ageron · Aug 27, 2019 · 3c896e1 · 3c896e1
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diff --git a/02_end_to_end_machine_learning_project.ipynb b/02_end_to_end_machine_learning_project.ipynb
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@
     "HOUSING_URL = DOWNLOAD_ROOT + \"datasets/housing/housing.tgz\"\n",
     "\n",
     "def fetch_housing_data(housing_url=HOUSING_URL, housing_path=HOUSING_PATH):\n",
-    "    if not os.path.isdir(housing_path):\n",
-    "        os.makedirs(housing_path)\n",
+    "    os.makedirs(housing_path, exist_ok=True)\n",
     "    tgz_path = os.path.join(housing_path, \"housing.tgz\")\n",
     "    urllib.request.urlretrieve(housing_url, tgz_path)\n",
     "    housing_tgz = tarfile.open(tgz_path)\n",