import os import uuid wallet_filepath = os.path.join( 'PWD', str(uuid.uuid4().hex) , '.bin') print (wallet_filepath) print (os.path.exists(wallet_filepath)) print (os.stat(wallet_filepath)) This is the OUTPUT that I am getting from this code. /home/user/randomTests/b1c51a61c235479aa0964e14db7135d6/.bin False Traceback (most recent call last): File "testDir.py", line 9, in <module> print (os.stat(wallet_filepath)) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/user/randomTests/b1c51a61c235479aa0964e14db7135d6/.bin' Continue reading...