[Python] Trying to use open(filename, 'w' ) gives IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory...

I'm trying to create and write to a text file using Python, like so:

afile = 'D:\\temp\\test.txt'
outFile = open(afile, 'w' )
outFile.write('Test.')
outFile.close()


But I get an error like:

Error: 2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<maya console>", line 1, in <module>
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'D:\\temp\\test.txt'


When I tried to look for a solution, most answers I found related to the slashes in the path. But I still got errors if I tried using 'D:/temp/test.txt', or r'D:\temp\test.txt' as the path.

I can, however, create a file at the root of the drive: the filenames 'D:/test.txt', 'D:\\test.txt' and r'D:\test.txt' all work.

It seems that I can't create the directory path I would like while trying to create the file.

How should I create a file at a specific path in Python? Does open() create directories if they don't exist, or do I need to explicitly create the directory path first?

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