src/share/classes/java/io/File.java

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              return false;
          }
          if (mkdir()) {
              return true;
          }
!         File canonFile = null;
!         try {
!             canonFile = getCanonicalFile();
!         } catch (IOException e) {
              return false;
          }
! 
!         File parent = canonFile.getParentFile();
!         return (parent != null && (parent.mkdirs() || parent.exists()) &&
!                 canonFile.mkdir());
      }
  
      /**
       * Renames the file denoted by this abstract pathname.
       *
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              return false;
          }
          if (mkdir()) {
              return true;
          }
!         File parent = getParentFile();
!         if (parent == null) {
              return false;
          }
!         parent.mkdirs();
!         return mkdir();
      }
  
      /**
       * Renames the file denoted by this abstract pathname.
       *