Create --outdir if it doesn't exist, and error out quickly if we can't.

broadinstitute · Apr 28, 2016 · c0c71d9 · c0c71d9
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commit c0c71d9
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diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/pilon/Pilon.scala b/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/pilon/Pilon.scala
@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ object Pilon {
     optionParse(args.toList)
 
     if (outdir != "") {
-      // TODO: should create directory if it doesn't exist
+      val dir = new File(outdir)
+      dir.mkdirs
+      if (!dir.exists) {
+        println("Unable to create output directory " + outdir)
+        sys.exit(1)
+      }
     }
-    
+
     setDefaultParallelism(threads)
 
     // Stray computation is expensive up front, so only turn it on