diff --git a/bscopy.c b/bscopy.c
index 27deb5e..b2b3625 100644
--- a/bscopy.c
+++ b/bscopy.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ size_t fcopy (size_t block, char* in_filename, char* out_filename);
 /* fcreate: create a new file at filename, if it doesn't exist.
             If file is attempted to be created in a nonexistent directory,
             recursively create directories until the error is resolved.
-            I have no time for grading mistakes due to user error.
    args:
       size: size of file in bytes
       filename: path to file
@@ -36,6 +35,13 @@ size_t fcopy (size_t block, char* in_filename, char* out_filename);
       size_t: difference between number of bytes requested and actually created (should be zero)
 */
 int fcreate(size_t size, char* filename);
+/* dircreate: recursive mkdir (aka mkdir -p)
+   args:
+      path: path to directory
+   returns:
+      depth: number of directories created
+*/
+int dircreate(char* path);
 
 int main (int argc, char** argv) {
    int block_size = 1;
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv) {
          exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
 
-
+/*
    printf ("Copy %s to %s with blocksize of %d.\n", in, out, block_size);
    // start the clock
    clock_t time = clock();
@@ -69,6 +75,9 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv) {
    time = clock() - time;
    printf ("Copy of %.3f MBytes took %f seconds\n", (double)size / (1024*1024), (double) time / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
    exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+*/
+   // Test dircreate
+   printf("dircreate returned %d\n",dircreate(out));
 }
 
 size_t fcopy (size_t block, char *in_filename, char *out_filename) {
@@ -107,25 +116,37 @@ int min(int a, int b) {
 }
 
 // Recursive mkdir
-int dircreate(char* path) {
+int dircreate_recurse(char* path, int depth) {
+   if (depth == 2) {
+      printf("If you see this message, you've asked to create an awful lot of directories.\n");
+   }
    while (mkdir(path, 0700)) {
       switch (errno){
          case EEXIST:
-            return 0;
+            // path exists. Success!
+            return depth;
          case ENOENT: {
             char subpath[0x1000] = {0}, *last_slash;
             size_t l = 0;
+            // get the length of the substring
             last_slash = strrchr(path, '/');
-            l = path - (last_slash == NULL ? path : last_slash);
-            strncpy(subpath, path, min(l, 0x1000)); // construct the substring
-            dircreate(subpath);                     // recurse
+            l = (last_slash == NULL ? path : last_slash) - path;
+            strncpy(subpath, path, min(l, 0x1000));    // construct the substring
+            depth++;
+            // if at first you don't succeed, try and try again
+            depth = dircreate_recurse(subpath, depth); // recurse
+            break;
          }
          default:
-            printf("Could not create directory: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            printf("Could not create directory %s: Error %d (%s)\n", path, errno, strerror(errno));
             return -1;
       }
    }
-   return 0;
+   return depth;
+}
+// wrap dircreate_recurse
+int dircreate(char* path) {
+   return dircreate_recurse(path, 0);
 }
 
 int fcreate(size_t size, char* filename) {
@@ -139,7 +160,7 @@ int fcreate(size_t size, char* filename) {
    // then, try to create a file in that directory
    uint8_t buffer[0x400] = {0};       // Assemble a buffer
    FILE *file = fopen(filename, "w"); // Open for writing
-   F_ERROR(file, -1);                     // abort if error
+   F_ERROR(file, -1);                 // abort if error
    // Copy 1024-byte chunks up until the desired filesize < 1024 bytes away
    while (size > 0x400) {
       size -= fwrite(buffer, 0x400, size/0x400, file);
@@ -148,5 +169,6 @@ int fcreate(size_t size, char* filename) {
    if (size > 0) {
       size -= fwrite(buffer, size, 1, file);
    }
+   // Return the number of unwritten bytes, if any
    return size;
 }