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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8143268
+ * @summary javac should create output directories as needed
+ * @modules jdk.compiler
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class T8143268 {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception{
+        new T8143268().run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws IOException {
+        File src = new File("src");
+        src.mkdirs();
+        try (FileWriter out = new FileWriter(new File(src, "Test.java"))) {
+            out.write("public class Test { native void m(); }");
+        }
+
+        javac("-d", "classes", "-h", "hdr", "src/Test.java");
+
+        check("classes/Test.class");
+        check("hdr/Test.h");
+    }
+
+    void javac(String... args) {
+        try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out))) {
+            int rc = com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(args, pw);
+            if (rc != 0) {
+                throw new Error("compilation failed: " + rc);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void check(String path) {
+        if (!new File(path).exists()) {
+            throw new Error("file not found: " + path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+