Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20121219/ippToPsps/jython/detectionbatch.py
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--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20121219/ippToPsps/jython/detectionbatch.py	(revision 35088)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20121219/ippToPsps/jython/detectionbatch.py	(revision 35089)
@@ -586,5 +586,16 @@
         self.logger.infoPair("obtained","imageID")
 
-        dumpFile = "/tmp/datadump/genetest.xx.dat"
+        # check for & create output directory first
+        datadumpDir = "/tmp/datadump"
+        try:
+            statinfo = os.stat(datadumpDir)
+            # check on the stat results?
+        except:
+            print "making the data dump directory ", datadumpDir
+            os.mkdir(datadumpDir)
+            os.chmod(datadumpDir, 0777)
+            statinfo = os.stat(datadumpDir)
+
+        dumpFile = datadumpDir + "/genetest.xx.dat"
         files = glob.glob(dumpFile)
         if len(files) > 0:
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20121219/ippToPsps/jython/stackbatch.py
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--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20121219/ippToPsps/jython/stackbatch.py	(revision 35088)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20121219/ippToPsps/jython/stackbatch.py	(revision 35089)
@@ -768,5 +768,16 @@
         self.logger.infoPair("obtained","imageID")
 
-        dumpFile = "/tmp/datadump/genetest.xx.dat"
+        # check for & create output directory first
+        datadumpDir = "/tmp/datadump"
+        try:
+            statinfo = os.stat(datadumpDir)
+            # check on the stat results?
+        except:
+            print "making the data dump directory ", datadumpDir
+            os.mkdir(datadumpDir)
+            os.chmod(datadumpDir, 0777)
+            statinfo = os.stat(datadumpDir)
+
+        dumpFile = datadumpDir + "/genetest.xx.dat"
         files = glob.glob(dumpFile)
         if len(files) > 0: