Way for Pathlib Path.rename() to create intermediate directories?

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I'm trying to move some files around on my filesystem. I'd like to use Python 3's Pathlib to do so, in particular, Path.rename.

Say I want to move Path('/a/b/c/d') to Path('/w/x/y/z'). 

Path('/a/b/c/d').rename(Path('/w/x/y/z'))

gives

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/a/b/c/d' -> '/w/x/y/z'

I can fix this with

os.makedirs(Path('/w/x/y', exist_ok=True)
Path('/a/b/c/d').rename(Path('/w/x/y/z'))

But that's less elegant than old school os, which has a method called renames which does this for you. Is there a way to do this in Pathlib?

python-3.x python
3 Answers

It's not ideal, but something like the following would work

from pathlib import Path

def ensure(path):
    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    return path

Path('a/b/c/before.txt').rename(ensure(Path('x/y/z/moved.txt')))

Pathlib.Path.mkdir doesn't return anything, so it seems like some sort of wrapper like this is necessary.

user_7369370

pathlib.Path.mkdir() is available:

newname = Path('/w/x/y/z')
newname.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
Path('/a/b/c/d').rename(newname)
user_5456370

Pathlib.mkdir offers the same parent-creation behavior

Pathlib.rename does not create parents, similar to how rename() does not create parents

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