From 8d93e69d67610bd0c250110cb4f10da93ecf3479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pukkandan 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 d85748fc98..3a489ba96a 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):