Is there a Python idiom for creating point folders in a home directory?

Question

I was wondering if there is an idiom for creating point folders and files for saving configuration files on all operating systems using Python.

Answer 1

You can get the user folder with os.path.expanduser :

in win

 >>> import os, os.path >>> os.path.expanduser('~') 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\alko' 

on * nix

 >>> os.path.expanduser('~') '/home/alko' 

And create a point folder with os.mkdir (works on both):

 >>> hd = os.path.expanduser('~') >>> os.mkdir(os.path.join(hd, '.my-config'))