Is there any shared component that would allow for the creation of folders in a

Do you mean the "<APPIAN-HOME>/_admin/shared" directory?

No, I need to create a folder in a directory outside of Appian and then copy filed to it to be consumed by an outside process. There is a plugin to copy the files from Appian to a specified location, but I have been unable to find anything to create a folder,

Have you tried this Shared Component?
forum.appian.com/.../summary

yes, this is the plugin I can use to copy files, but I do not believe it will allow me to create a folder.

in the location part of the smart service just type of dynamically build the folder path. I use this smart service a lot for moving files to daily folders for example. If the folder does not exist it creates it.

Try permissions on the file store for example. You will need to grant the service accounts that Appian runs under certain permissions to create folders etc.

This is exactly what I need. I didn't realize it would create the destination folder if it did not exist. Thanks to you both!!