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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def mkdir_p(*args, **kwargs):
 """Like `mkdir`, but does not raise an exception if the directory already exists. """

    try:
        return os.mkdir(*args, **kwargs)
    except OSError as exc:
        if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
            raise