// Creating several levels of directory all in one pop as needed. // Note mkdirs is an instance method, so you specify the directory tree // to create in the File constructor. final boolean success = new File( "C:/temp/wombats" ).mkdirs(); // That is single line is equivalent to: final File dirs = new File( "C:/temp/wombats" ); // true if created dir, false if could not create, or already created. final boolean success = dirs.mkdirs();