PostCSS does not create output directory

[andismith]

I'm using postcss-cli (and autoprefixer) with the command:

postcss --use autoprefixer src/css/*.css --dir dist/css --map --local-plugins

But it is failing with a ENOENT error as the output directory dist/css does not exist (it has been cleaned as part of the build). The input directory src/css/ does exist. Full error below:

{ [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'dist/css/main.css'] errno: -2, code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'open', path: 'dist/css/main.css' }

Is there a way I can get postcss to create this directory before it tries to write to it?

I'm using v2.5.1

Thanks

[ben-eb]

mkdir -p dist/css && postcss --use autoprefixer src/css/*.css --dir dist/css --map --local-plugins

[andismith]

Thank you @ben-eb

So it's intended not to make the directory for you?

[ben-eb]

My general opinion on shell tools is less is more, keeps core functionality smaller and easier to reason about. 😄