From 6236008ae9a2aff4bdd191ef864b7641ada0f3db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Izzard <r.izzard@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add check to make the arg logging directory

---
 binarycpython/utils/grid.py | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binarycpython/utils/grid.py b/binarycpython/utils/grid.py
index 5bd145e4c..f685d4b85 100644
--- a/binarycpython/utils/grid.py
+++ b/binarycpython/utils/grid.py
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ class Population(
         # Make sure the subdirs of the tmp dir exist
         subdirs = [
             "failed_systems",
-            "current_system",
             "process_summary",
             "runtime_systems",
             "snapshots",
@@ -836,6 +835,20 @@ class Population(
                 )
                 self.exit(code=1)
 
+        # make sure the arg logging directory exists if we need it
+        if self.grid_options["log_args"]:
+            path = os.path.join(
+                    self.grid_options["log_args_dir"]
+                )
+            os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+            if self.dir_ok(path) is False:
+                print(
+                    "Failed to make directory at {log_args_dir} for output of system arguments. Please check that this directory is correct and you have write access.".format(
+                        subdir=subdir, path=path
+                    )
+                )
+                self.exit(code=1)
+
         # restore from existing HPC files
         self.HPC_restore()
 
@@ -1620,7 +1633,6 @@ class Population(
             if self.grid_options["log_args"]:
                 argfile = os.path.join(
                     self.grid_options["log_args_dir"],
-                    "current_system",
                     "process_{}.txt".format(self.jobID()),
                 )
                 with self.open(
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