mne_bids.make_bids_folders¶

mne_bids.make_bids_folders(subject, session=None, kind=None, output_path=None, make_dir=True, overwrite=False, verbose=False)[source]¶

Create a BIDS folder hierarchy.

This creates a hierarchy of folders within a BIDS dataset. You should plan to create these folders inside the output_path folder of the dataset.

Parameters

subjectstr: The subject ID. Corresponds to “sub”.
kindstr: The kind of folder being created at the end of the hierarchy. E.g., “anat”, “func”, etc.
sessionstr | None: The session for a item. Corresponds to “ses”.
output_pathstr | None: The output_path for the folders to be created. If None, folders will be created in the current working directory.
make_dirbool: Whether to actually create the folders specified. If False, only a path will be generated but no folders will be created.
overwritebool: How to handle overwriting previously generated data. If overwrite == False then no existing folders will be removed, however if overwrite == True then any existing folders at the session level or lower will be removed, including any contained data.
verbosebool: If verbose is True, print status updates as folders are created.

Returns

pathstr: The (relative) path to the folder that was created.

Examples

>>> print(make_bids_folders('sub_01', session='my_session',
                            kind='meg', output_path='path/to/project',
                            make_dir=False))  # noqa
path/to/project/sub-sub_01/ses-my_session/meg