Output directory existence

[opk12]

Just a minor thing, it would be convenient if the output directory were auto-created, in case it does not exist already.

Or, check for existence before downloading the web page, to save waiting a few seconds.

I'm on pandoc 3.1.11.1 from Debian.

pandoc --standalone \
    --embed-resources \
    --sandbox \
    'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page' \
    -o non_existent/out.html

[jgm]

@tarleb what is your view on this? Would it be okay for pandoc to create the directory if needed when creating the output file?

[tarleb]

Seems reasonable to me. The path is provided explicitly, and pandoc already creates the --extract-media directory when one is given. Might as well create the output directory.

[jgm]

Yes, that seems right.