if (m->control_pressed) { delete chimera; return 0; }
+ if (outputDir == "") { outputDir = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[i]); }//if user entered a file with a path then preserve it
string outputFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i])) + "chimeracheck.chimeras";
outputNames.push_back(outputFileName);