Merge pull request #280 from paulsengroup/fix/balance-tmpdir-hic

Ensure no temporary files are written when balancing .hic files with --in-memory
paulsengroup · Oct 7, 2024 · 5e298f6 · 5e298f6
2 parents 3483a0f + fcde580
commit 5e298f6
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diff --git a/src/hictk/balance/common.hpp b/src/hictk/balance/common.hpp
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ inline int balance_hic(const BalanceConfig& c, const std::filesystem::path& tmp_
   }
 
   const auto tmpfile =
-      tmp_dir / (std::filesystem::path{c.path_to_input}.filename().string() + ".tmp");
+      tmp_dir.empty()
+          ? ""
+          : tmp_dir / (std::filesystem::path{c.path_to_input}.filename().string() + ".tmp");
 
   const auto params = init_params<Balancer>(c, tmpfile);
   typename Balancer::Type mode{};