Write file to a directory that doesn't exist

Question

How do I using with open() as f: ... to write the file in a directory that doesn\'t exist.

For example:

Answer 1

Make liberal use of the os module:

import os

if not os.path.isdir('/Users/bill/output'):
    os.mkdir('/Users/bill/output')

with open('/Users/bill/output/output-text.txt', 'w') as file_to_write:
    file_to_write.write("{}\n".format(result))