JB> mkdir() made it into Posix, so it should be availavble on most
JB> platforms that support that sort of behavior.... (eg not available
JB> on CP/M)

JB> note also that mkdir will fail if there's already a file with a name
JB> like the directory you want to create, or may fail for other resons
JB> too...

Other reasons?  Aside from hardware failure, what might they be?

NH> BTW, mkdir() is a standard part of Java, FWIW.

JB> java is differently targeted than C.

Do you mean that there's no Java support on systems that don't support, 
for example, directories?

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