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 ```
 ## MapRFS maprfs
 ```sh
+hadoop fs -mkdir -p /mapr/dp.stg/vantage/data/store/collected/car-data/MDF4/a889-017d6b9bc95b/
 hadoop fs -ls /mapr/dp.stg/vantage/data/store/collected/car-data/MDF4/a889-017d6b9bc95b/
 hadoop fs -rm -r /mapr/dp.stg/vantage/data/store/collected/car-data/MDF4/a889-017d6b9bc95b/
 ```