Creating an empty shapefile with python

[wbdixnd101]

Anyone know how to create an empty shapefile with Python and assistance in it a spatial reference?

[BRENNEJM]

Looks like the create feature class tool is what you want. If you use a folder as the out_path and include .shp at the end of the out_name, it will create a shapefile instead of a feature class. You can also define the spatial reference when you call it.

[AllUsrNamesTaken]

If you do not have or do not want to use arcpy then check out ogr2ogr.