--- generic/.emacs.bak/tclFCmd.c.~1~	2005-05-10 12:14:25.000000000 -0700
+++ generic/tclFCmd.c	2005-06-08 18:14:49.919095768 -0700
@@ -261,11 +261,31 @@
 		    errfile = target;
 		    goto done;
 		}
-	    } else if ((errno != ENOENT)
-		    || (Tcl_FSCreateDirectory(target) != TCL_OK)) {
+	    } else if (errno != ENOENT) {
 		errfile = target;
 		goto done;
 	    }
+            
+            if (Tcl_FSCreateDirectory(target) != TCL_OK) {
+                /* 
+                 * create might have failed because of being in a race
+                 * condition with another process trying to create the same
+                 * subdirectory.
+                 */
+                if (errno == EEXIST) {
+                    if ((Tcl_FSStat(target, &statBuf) == 0)
+                        && S_ISDIR(statBuf.st_mode)) {
+                        /* is a directory that wasn't there before, keep going */
+                        Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+                    } else {
+                        errfile = target;
+                        goto done;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    errfile = target;
+                    goto done;
+                }
+	    }
 	    /* Forget about this sub-path */
 	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(target);
 	    target = NULL;
