From 1c8d66ee83a8dbd58f444027e1f79329fbd511d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akos Balasko <akos0215@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 19:57:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] creating root output dir

---
 src/utils/folder-utils.ts | 6 ++++++
 src/yarle.ts              | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/utils/folder-utils.ts b/src/utils/folder-utils.ts
index 38baec72..58b0f124 100644
--- a/src/utils/folder-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/folder-utils.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ export const getRelativeResourceDir = (note: any): string => {
     : `.${enexFolder}${path.sep}${getResourceDir(paths.mdPath, note)}.resources`;
 };
 
+export const createRootOutputDir = (): void => {
+  const outputDir = path.isAbsolute(yarleOptions.outputDir)
+  ? yarleOptions.outputDir
+  : `${process.cwd()}${path.sep}${yarleOptions.outputDir}`;
+  fsExtra.mkdirsSync(outputDir)
+}
 export const getAbsoluteResourceDir = (note: any): string => {
   if (yarleOptions.haveGlobalResources) {
     return path.resolve(paths.resourcePath, '..', '..', yarleOptions.resourcesDir);
diff --git a/src/yarle.ts b/src/yarle.ts
index a39f4a10..bcbf4842 100644
--- a/src/yarle.ts
+++ b/src/yarle.ts
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ const saveOptionsAsConfig = (options: YarleOptions): void => {
 export const dropTheRope = async (options: YarleOptions): Promise<Array<string>> => {
   clearLogFile();
   setOptions(options);
+  utils.createRootOutputDir();
   saveOptionsAsConfig(options)
   const outputNotebookFolders = [];
   for (const enex of options.enexSources) {