From e5b9fbefb3e71c37ece3287c870ba316023ce5c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alemuntoni <muntoni.alessandro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:27:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] possibility to create directories when saving new textures

---
 src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp b/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp
index 9ee871ab7..798b2de0f 100644
--- a/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp
@@ -334,6 +334,14 @@ void saveImage(
 	PluginManager& pm = meshlab::pluginManagerInstance();
 	IOPlugin *ioPlugin = pm.outputImagePlugin(extension);
 
+	std::cerr << "Path: " << fi.path().toStdString() << "\n";
+
+	if (!fi.path().isEmpty()){
+		if (!QDir(fi.path()).exists()){
+			QDir().mkdir(fi.path());
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ioPlugin == nullptr)
 		throw MLException(
 				"Image " + filename + " cannot be saved. Your MeshLab version "