android - Error generating release keystore for kivy application -

i'm quite newbie @ kivy , linux sorry obvious mistakes. anyway typed terminal:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore ./keystores/my1key.keystore -alias m1k -keyalg rsa -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 

i fill in information , error message:

keytool error: java.io.filenotfoundexception: ./keystores/my1key.keystore (no such file or directory) java.io.filenotfoundexception: ./keystores/my1key.keystore (no such file or directory)     @ java.io.fileoutputstream.open(native method)     @ java.io.fileoutputstream.<init>(fileoutputstream.java:221)     @ java.io.fileoutputstream.<init>(fileoutputstream.java:110)     @ sun.security.tools.keytool.docommands(keytool.java:1152)     @ sun.security.tools.keytool.run(keytool.java:340)     @ sun.security.tools.keytool.main(keytool.java:333) 

please me understand means , how stop occurring.

sorry naivety, tried lay out question possible, , thank answers/comments. :)

what numpty am, here's how solved it:

i created folder called "keystores" in home directory.

:p