Documentation of javac option -d at
 http://download.java.net/jdk6/docs/tooldocs/windows/javac.html ,says

 *d* /directory/
     Set the destination directory for class files. The destination
     directory must already exist; javac will not create the destination
     directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In Mustang javac creates directories eventhough directory structure
does not exit. For Tiger it complains of msg "The system cannot find
the path specified"
documentation/implementation needs to be changed.
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Please see the following Result.
Tested in WindowsXP OS with Mustang and Tiger versions.

<Mustang>
D:\work\try>ls
Test.java
D:\work\try>javac -version
 javac 1.6.0-auto

D:\work\try>cat Test.java
package com.sun.CLTH;
public class Test {
 }
D:\work\try>javac -d Test/TRY Test.java
D:\work\try>cd Test
D:\work\try\Test>cd TRY
D:\work\try\Test\TRY>ls
com
</Mustang>
----------------------------------------
<Tiger>
C:\Documents and Settings\sqe>c:\1.5.0\win\bin\javac -d Test/Try Test.java
 Test.java:2: error while writing com.sun.CLTH.Test:
 Test\Try\com\sun\CLTH\Test.class (The system cannot find the path spec
 ified)
 class Test {
 ^
 1 error
</Tiger>
Test Case : nsk/regression/b4502241 fails due to this bug