Very wierd problem with java.io.tmpdir!

Question

Hi,
1. I'm using a Java 5 / Windows 2000 system.
2. My Windows TEMP env var is set to: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
3. Java reports the value of "java.io.tmpdir" to be: c:\DOCUME~1\johndoe\LOCALS~1\Temp\
4. This folder does NOT exist on my system. So I wrote code that checks for its existence and creates it if it's not already there.
5. However, the output I get is:
Original value of tmpdir = c:\DOCUME~1\johndoe\LOCALS~1\Temp\
Dir 'c:\DOCUME~1\johndoe\LOCALS~1\Temp' already exists.
Further, when I tried creating a file in the above folder from a similar Java program, the file was reported to have been successfully created, but when I searched, it was nowhere to be found
I'm quite puzzled. Is the file in RAM or something?!! Has someone faced this problem before? Your quick response would be greaty appreciated because the issue seems to very trivial and I've already run out of things to try!
Thanks a ton in advance!
A puzzled developer.
import java.io.*;
public class X {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
       try {
         String tmpdir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
         System.out.println("Original value of tmpdir = " + tmpdir);
         if(tmpdir.length() > 1) {
           // It's not unix root!
           // Strip the trailing file separator.
           tmpdir = tmpdir.substring(0, tmpdir.length()-1);
           File ftmpdir = new File(tmpdir);
           if(!ftmpdir.exists()) {
             ftmpdir.mkdirs();
             if(!ftmpdir.exists()) {
               throw new IOException("FAILED to create dir '" + tmpdir + "'!");
             System.out.println("Created dir '" + tmpdir + "'.");
           } else {
             System.out.println("Dir '" + tmpdir + "' already exists.");
       } catch(Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
       System.exit(0);
}

Answer 1

Perhaps you didn't realize that
"c:\DOCUME~1\johndoe\LOCALS~1\Temp\" is the
abbreviated name for "c:\Documents and
Settings\johndoe\Local Settings\Temp\"?Thanks for such a prompt response!
Well, I was aware of these Windows abbrevs. My system does have the folder
'C:\Documents and Settings\johndoe' but no 'Local Settings' inside it. And that is why I'm puzzled!