title: Problem with os.makedirs() function with Python3 on Mac OS Catalina
body: <p>I'm having some trouble getting the os.makedirs() function to work. I'm currently experimenting in IDLE's shell right now and this is the error I'm getting when trying to use this function:</p>
  
  <pre><code>os.makedirs('/delicious\walnut\waffles')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;pyshell#48&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      os.makedirs('/delicious\walnut\waffles')
    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 223, in makedirs
      mkdir(name, mode)
  OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/delicious\\walnut\\waffles'
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Im just trying to create a random new directory. I'm going through this book called "Automate the Boring Stuff" and I'm doing this as part of Chapter 8. </p>