Created a Java w/ Maven project structure; added a simple directory creation and executes an FFMPEG command to transcode videos

src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/io/IOUtils.java

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+package tech.bitgoblin.io;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class IOUtils {
+
+  public static void createDirectory(String path) {
+    File f = new File(path);
+    boolean res = f.mkdir();
+
+    if (res) {
+      System.out.println(path + " was created.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static String resolveTilda(String path) {
+    if (path.startsWith("~" + File.separator)) {
+      path = System.getProperty("user.home") + path.substring(1);
+    } else if (path.startsWith("~")) {
+      // here you can implement reading homedir of other users if you care
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Home dir expansion not implemented for explicit usernames");
+    }
+
+    return path;
+  }
+
+}