Create output directories if they don't already exist.

src/gcam/modules.py

@@ -518,6 +518,9 @@ def runmod(self):
             startmonth = 1      # Default is to start at the beginning of the year
         print '[HydroModule]: start month = %d' % startmonth
 
+        ## ensure that output directory exists
+        util.mkdir_if_noexist(outputdir)
+
         ## get initial channel storage from historical hydrology
         ## module if available, or from self-parameters if not
         if 'historical-hydro' in self.cap_tbl:
@@ -689,6 +692,9 @@ def runmod(self):
             startmonth = 1      # Default is January
         print '[HistoricalHydroModule]: start month = %d' % startmonth
 
+        ## ensure output directory exists
+        util.mkdir_if_noexist(outputdir)
+
         if inputdir[-1] != '/':
             inputdir = inputdir + '/'
         if outputdir[-1] != '/':
@@ -859,6 +865,10 @@ def runmod(self):
 
         rgnconfig = genparams['rgnconfig']
 
+        ## ensure that output and temp directories exist
+        util.mkdir_if_noexist(outputdir)
+        util.mkdir_if_noexist(tempdir)
+
         if 'inputdir' in self.params:
             inputdir = self.params['inputdir'] # static inputs, such as irrigation share and query files.
         else:
@@ -994,7 +1004,7 @@ class NetcdfDemoModule(GcamModuleBase):
      forcing  - forcing value (written into the output data as metadata)
     globalpop - 2050 global population (written into output data as metadata)
        pcGDP  - 2050 per-capita GDP (written into output data as metadata -- currently not used anyhow)
-    outputdir - output directory
+    outfile - output file
 
     Module dependences:  HydroModule, WaterDisaggregationModule
 
@@ -1016,10 +1026,13 @@ def runmod(self):
         rcp = self.params['rcp']
         pop = self.params['pop']
         gdp = 10.0              # Dummy value; we didn't implement the GDP scenarios.
-        outfile = self.params['outfile']
+        outfile = util.abspath(self.params['outfile'])
         mat2nc  = util.abspath(self.params['mat2nc'],os.getcwd())
 
         self.results['outfile'] = outfile
+
+        ## ensure that the directory the output file is being written to exists
+        util.mkdir_if_noexist(os.path.dirname(outfile))
 
         try:
             ## create a temporary file to hold the config

src/gcam/util.py

@@ -298,3 +298,37 @@ def abspath(filename,defaultpath=None, tag=None):
         return os.path.abspath(filename)
     else:
         return os.path.join(defaultpath,filename)
+
+def mkdir_if_noexist(dirname):
+    """Create a directory, if it doesn't exist already.
+
+    This function will create the specified directory, along with any
+    intermediate directories, if they don't already exist.  If the
+    directory already exists, nothing is done.  If the directory
+    doesn't exist, and can't be created, an exception is raised.  The
+    directory will be created with the default access mode of 0777,
+    which will be modified by the current umask in the usual way.
+
+    Arguments:
+        dirname - Name of the directory to create
+
+    Return value:  none
+
+    Exceptions:
+      OSError - The directory doesn't exist but can't be created.
+                Usually this means that either a non-directory 
+                file type already exists at that name, or some 
+                intermediate directory is not writeable by this UID.
+
+    Limitations:  If the directory already exists, this function 
+                  does not check to see if it is readable or
+                  writeable by this UID.
+    """
+
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(dirname)
+    except OSError:
+        if os.path.isdir(dirname):
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise