From 269484835651af27f48a805b3e138d9c390d2254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 18:37:50 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] [processing] Fix points to path algorithm's handling of text
 folder output's temporary destination

---
 src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmpointstopaths.cpp | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmpointstopaths.cpp b/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmpointstopaths.cpp
index 2b2d5e284794..3c2b91dcdac4 100644
--- a/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmpointstopaths.cpp
+++ b/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmpointstopaths.cpp
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ QVariantMap QgsPointsToPathsAlgorithm::processAlgorithm( const QVariantMap &para
     throw QgsProcessingException( invalidSinkError( parameters, QStringLiteral( "OUTPUT" ) ) );
 
   const QString textDir = parameterAsString( parameters, QStringLiteral( "OUTPUT_TEXT_DIR" ), context );
-  if ( ! textDir.isEmpty() &&
-       ! QDir( textDir ).exists() )
-    throw QgsProcessingException( QObject::tr( "The text output directory does not exist" ) );
+  if ( !textDir.isEmpty() && !QDir().mkpath( textDir ) )
+  {
+    throw QgsProcessingException( QObject::tr( "Failed to create the text output directory" ) );
+  }
 
   QgsDistanceArea da = QgsDistanceArea();
   da.setSourceCrs( source->sourceCrs(), context.transformContext() );