CreateDirectory() should check if an existing path is actually a directory...

base/file_util.h

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // This file contains utility functions for dealing with the local
 // filesystem.
 
 #ifndef BASE_FILE_UTIL_H_
 #define BASE_FILE_UTIL_H_
 
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 bool CopyDirectory(const std::wstring& from_path, const std::wstring& to_path,
                    bool recursive);
 
 // Returns true if the given path exists on the local filesystem,
 // false otherwise.
 bool PathExists(const std::wstring& path);
 
 // Returns true if the given path is writable by the user, false otherwise.
 bool PathIsWritable(const std::wstring& path);
 
+// Returns true if the given path exists and is a directory, false otherwise.
+bool DirectoryExists(const std::wstring& path);
+
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
 // Gets the creation time of the given file (expressed in the local timezone),
 // and returns it via the creation_time parameter.  Returns true if successful,
 // false otherwise.
 bool GetFileCreationLocalTime(const std::wstring& filename,
                               LPSYSTEMTIME creation_time);
 
 // Same as above, but takes a previously-opened file handle instead of a name.
 bool GetFileCreationLocalTimeFromHandle(HANDLE file_handle,
                                         LPSYSTEMTIME creation_time);
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 // Renames a file using the MoveFileEx API and ensures that the target file gets
 // the correct security descriptor in the new path.
 bool RenameFileAndResetSecurityDescriptor(
     const std::wstring& source_file_path,
     const std::wstring& target_file_path);
 
 }  // namespace file_util
 
 #endif  // BASE_FILE_UTIL_H_