Merge pull request #314 from LBL-EESA/cf_writer_empty_filename_fix

Closes #310 Handled the empty filename error for the cf_writer
LBL-EESA · Dec 12, 2019 · f2fb77a · f2fb77a
2 parents 73fa98f + b0885b1
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diff --git a/io/teca_cf_writer.cxx b/io/teca_cf_writer.cxx
@@ -795,6 +795,12 @@ const_p_teca_dataset teca_cf_writer::execute(unsigned int port,
 
     // construct the file name
     std::string out_file = this->file_name;
+    if (out_file.empty())
+    {
+        TECA_ERROR("filename was not set for cf_writer")
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     if (!this->date_format.empty())
     {
         // use the date string for the time information in the filename