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# Python os.mkdir() Method

## Description:

This method create a directory named path with numeric mode mode. The default mode is 0777 (octal). On some systems, mode is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.

## Syntax:

    os.mkdir(path[, mode])

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- path: This is the path which needs to be created.

- mode: Mode of the directories to be given.

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python

    import os, sys

    # Path to be created
    path = "/tmp/home/monthly/daily/hourly"

    os.mkdir( path, 0755 );

    print "Path is created"

This would produce following result:

    Path is created

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