*** empty log message ***

log.cc

@@ -82,6 +82,47 @@ namespace Utilities {
       
       logEstablished = true;
     }
+
+  void Log::setthenmakeDir(const string& pdirname, const string& plogfilename, bool pstream_to_logfile, bool pstream_to_cout) 
+    {
+      if(logEstablished)
+	{
+	  logfileout.close();
+	}
+
+      dir = pdirname;
+      logfilename = plogfilename;
+      stream_to_logfile = pstream_to_logfile;
+      stream_to_cout = pstream_to_cout;
+
+      ifstream dirif;
+      dirif.open(dir.c_str(), ios::in);
+      bool direxists = !logfileout.bad();
+      
+      cout << "direxists = " << direxists << endl;
+      if(!direxists)
+	{
+	  // make directory
+	  int ret = system(("mkdir "+ dir + " 2>/dev/null").c_str());
+	  if(ret == 0)
+	    {
+	      throw Exception(string(string("Unable to make directory ")+dir).c_str());
+	    }
+	}
+
+      // setup logfile
+      if(stream_to_logfile)
+	{
+	  logfileout.open((dir + "/" + logfilename).c_str(), ios::out);
+	   if(logfileout.bad())
+	     {
+	      throw Exception(string(string("Unable to setup logfile ")+logfilename+string(" in directory ")+dir).c_str());
+	    }
+	}
+      
+      logEstablished = true;
+    }
+
 }
 
 

log.h

@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ namespace Utilities{
       /** The stream_to* variables define the streaming behaviour */
       void setDir(const string& pdirname, const string& plogfilename = "logfile", bool pstream_to_logfile = true, bool pstream_to_cout = false); 
 
+      /** Sets an existing directory to place results into. */
+      /** If does not exist then makes it. */
+      /** The stream_to* variables define the streaming behaviour */
+      void setthenmakeDir(const string& pdirname, const string& plogfilename = "logfile", bool pstream_to_logfile = true, bool pstream_to_cout = false);
+
       /** Closes old logfile buffer and attempts to open new one with name specified and sets streaming to logfile on */
       void setLogFile(const string& plogfilename);