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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(*components, **kwargs):
 """ Make directory "path", including any required parents. If directory already exists, do nothing. """

    _path = path(*components)
    if not isdir(_path):
        os.makedirs(_path, **kwargs)
    return _path