--- a/hotspot/make/windows/build.make	Wed Jul 05 16:59:55 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/make/windows/build.make	Tue Mar 16 17:47:03 2010 -0600
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@
 	cd $(variantDir)
 	nmake -nologo -f $(WorkSpace)\make\windows\makefiles\top.make BUILD_FLAVOR=product DEVELOP=1 ARCH=$(ARCH)
 
+# target to create just the directory structure
+tree: checks $(variantDir) $(variantDir)\local.make sanity
+	mkdir $(variantDir)\product
+	mkdir $(variantDir)\debug
+	mkdir $(variantDir)\fastdebug
+
 sanity:
 	@ echo;
 	@ cd $(variantDir)