Here you can find the source of createMissingParentDirectories(File file)
static public boolean createMissingParentDirectories(File file)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w. j a v a 2s . c o m*/ * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework. * Copyright (C) 1999-2011, QOS.ch. All rights reserved. * * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by * the Eclipse Foundation * * or (per the licensee's choosing) * * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 * as published by the Free Software Foundation. */ import java.io.File; public class Main { static public boolean createMissingParentDirectories(File file) { File parent = file.getParentFile(); if (parent == null) { throw new IllegalStateException(file + " should not have a null parent"); } if (parent.exists()) { throw new IllegalStateException(file + " should not have existing parent directory"); } return parent.mkdirs(); } }