def test_mkdir_and_remove(self):

       tmpdir = self.root

       py.test.raises(py.error.EEXIST, tmpdir.mkdir, 'sampledir')

       new = tmpdir.join('mktest1')

       new.mkdir()

       assert new.check(dir=1)

->     new.remove()

       new = tmpdir.mkdir('mktest')

       assert new.check(dir=1)

       new.remove()

       assert tmpdir.join('mktest') == new