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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/distutils/dir_util.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/dir_util.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py b/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py index c049bbd..194183a 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Utility functions for manipulating directories and directory trees.""" __revision__ = "$Id$" import os -from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError +from types import * +from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError, DistutilsInternalError # cache for by mkpath() -- in addition to cheapening redundant calls, @@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ def mkpath (name, mode=0777, verbose=0, dry_run=0): global PATH_CREATED + # Detect a common bug -- name is None + if type(name) is not StringType: + raise DistutilsInternalError, \ + "mkpath: 'name' must be a string (got %s)" % `name` + # XXX what's the better way to handle verbosity? print as we create # each directory in the path (the current behaviour), or only announce # the creation of the whole path? (quite easy to do the latter since |