Fixed bug: wrong test. Added verbosity

bin/split_json_into_separate_files.py

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', required=True, help='The name of the outpu
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # check if output directory exists and create it if not
-output_dir = args.output
-if os.path.exists(output_dir) and os.path.isdir(output_dir):
-    print("Output exists and is not a directory")
+output_dir = os.path.abspath(args.output)
+if os.path.exists(output_dir) and not os.path.isdir(output_dir):
+    print("Output " + output_dir + " exists and is not a directory")
     exit(1)
 if not os.path.exists(output_dir):
     os.mkdir(output_dir)