S3_File.create_directory

create_directory

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Within S3 the concept of creating directories has slightly different meaning than on other filesystems. The create_directory method is provided on S3_File only for compatibility - to allow easy switching between file-systems. It does not perform any actual operation. Note that in S3 a directory is treated as existing if it contains any entries. Thus, even after calling this create_directory method, the exists method may still yield False until the directory is populated with some files. To warn about this specific behaviour, a warning is attached to the result.