Create directory with UTF-8 name in Vim

Question

I can not create a directory in russian (UTF-8) using vimscript in WinXP.

For example

:call mkdir("привет") 

creates directory with привет name instead of привет.

I have also tried

:call system("mkdir привет") 

with the same result.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

What I usually do is I switch to the explorer mode with :Explore and press d. It asks me for the directory name, then.

• :h :Explore
• :h netrw-d