code: private String makeDirs(String path) {
  		try {
  			File out = new File(path);
  			if (!out.exists()) {
  				if (!out.mkdirs()) {
  					throw new IOException("Couldn't create path: " + path);
  				}
  			}
  			path = out.getCanonicalPath();
  		} catch (IOException e) {
  			throw new BuildException("Bad path: " + path);
  		}
  		return path;
  	}
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