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[Java SE] File.mkdirs() fails intermittently while creating the directories (Doc ID 2986776.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Applies to:

Java SE JDK and JRE - Version 11 and later
Generic Windows

Symptoms

File.mkdirs() fails while creating a hierarchy of directories if another application (or thread) creates an intervening directory while mkdirs() is running. This can occur on multi-processor systems.
This was observed with Oracle Java and OpenJDK 11.0.3/11.0.14/20.

Cause

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