Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/DownloadExamplesDatasets.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/DownloadExamplesDatasets.sh	(revision 26189)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/DownloadExamplesDatasets.sh	(revision 26190)
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@
 
 	if [ ! -d "${DIRECTORY_PREFIX}" ]; then
-		echo "Error: output directory ${DIRECTORY_PREFIX} does not exist"
-		exit 1
+		mkdir -p "${DIRECTORY_PREFIX}"
 	fi
 fi