def mkdir(path):
  try:
    os.mkdir(path)
  except OSError:
    logging.error("OSError while creating dir '{0}'".format(path))
    return False
  return True
should call the "write_tabbed" method to do the writing
dataset/ETHPy150Open AppScale/appscale/AppDB/backup/backup_recovery_helper.py/mkdir--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open CGATOxford/cgat/scripts/chain2stats.py/ChainCounter.tabbed_report