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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(path):
 """Create a new directory; ignore if it already exists."""


    try:
        os.makedirs(path)
    except EnvironmentError as exc:
        if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
            raise