Why Does 'os.makedirs' Fail to Create Directories with the Tilde Character (~) on Linux?

How to Handle Home Directory Expansion with 'os.makedirs' on Linux Systems

When working with paths on Linux systems, you may encounter issues with the tilde character (~), used to represent the home directory. Suppose you want to create a subdirectory named 'some_dir' within your home directory. The following code snippet shows the desired operation:

my_dir = "~/some_dir"
if not os.path.exists(my_dir):
    os.makedirs(my_dir)

However, you might receive an error indicating that 'os.makedirs' does not understand the tilde character in the path. This occurs because 'os.makedirs' expects an existing directory path. To resolve this issue, you need to manually expand the tilde before passing it to 'os.makedirs'. This can be achieved using 'os.path.expanduser():'

my_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/some_dir")

By expanding the tilde, you would obtain the fully qualified path to your home directory. With the correct path, 'os.makedirs' can now successfully create the 'some_dir' subdirectory within your home directory.

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