I am executing a file copy operation using python. I am executing os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True) to make sure that the destination folder exists before copying the file, and create the folder if it doesn’t exist. I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last) :
    File "pathtoscriptscript.py", line 93, in <module>
        os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
    File "<frozen os>", line 225, in makedirs
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: 'pathtofile'

Interesting thing is that, I am able to execute this code successfully from my user account, but the error is thrown when it is executed by a service account.

The previous Question-Answers suggest:

• use of ‘exist_ok’ paramater, I am passing exist_ok=True.
• A comment suggests to close the open files from the folder and then execute the script. I have checked and confirmed that- no files from the folder are being used. Also, the script is being executed successfully through my user account, but showing the error when executed by the service account. So, I guess the issue should not be about open files.
• A comment suggests that ‘exist_ok’ parameter returns the error if a file with same name(the name of folder you are trying to create) already exists at the location. I have checked and confirmed that- there is no file with same name at the specified location.

I am not sure why this error is being encountered. I expect that the following change should solve the problem-

if not os.path.exists(dest):
    os.path.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)

But, I was curious about the reason behind this and also the code-change would add another iteration of testing(which I want to avoid). I would like to know any workaround for the issue.

Thanks,