From 8d93e69d67610bd0c250110cb4f10da93ecf3479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pukkandan <pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:51:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create necessary directories for `--print-to-file`
Closes #2721
---
yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index d85748fc9..3a489ba96 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -2735,8 +2735,9 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
filename = self.evaluate_outtmpl(file_tmpl, info_dict)
tmpl = format_tmpl(tmpl)
self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {tmpl!r} to: {filename}')
- with io.open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
- f.write(self.evaluate_outtmpl(tmpl, info_copy) + '\n')
+ if self._ensure_dir_exists(filename):
+ with io.open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+ f.write(self.evaluate_outtmpl(tmpl, info_copy) + '\n')
def __forced_printings(self, info_dict, filename, incomplete):
def print_mandatory(field, actual_field=None):