Merge branch 'minor-fix-to-dir-creation' into 'master'

Minor fix for cases where the directory is not given

See merge request !792

bilby/core/utils.py

@@ -556,7 +556,9 @@ def check_directory_exists_and_if_not_mkdir(directory):
         Name of the directory
 
     """
-    if not os.path.exists(directory):
+    if directory == "":
+        return
+    elif not os.path.exists(directory):
         os.makedirs(directory)
         logger.debug('Making directory {}'.format(directory))
     else: