MKDIR in Java...

Question

Hi all...,
I'm trying to simulate the MKDIR in java. But it doesn't work properly.
My coding looks as follows.
class MkdirTest{
String path="D:\\New\\Test1\\Test2\\Test3";
  public boolean tryMkdir(){
   boolean status = new File(path).mkdir();
   return status;
public static void main(String args[]){
  MkdirTest myTest = new MkdirTest();
  System.out.println("Success status of creating folder structure : "+myTest .tryMkdir());
}Can someone please tell me why...??? Coz when I try D:\>mkdir New\Test1\Test2\Test3 @ command prompt, it works just fine.
Thanx in advance,
Asela.

Answer 1

But it doesn't work properly.Why not? Could you say what the output is when you run this program. It is especially important whether (or not) there are any exceptions thrown.
mkdir() will fail if the parent directory (D:\New\Test1\Test2) does not already exist. mkdirs() doesn't have this problem.