=head1 LICENSE

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=head1 NAME
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=cut

package Bio::EnsEMBL::Funcgen::Ftp::Utils;

use strict;
use warnings;
use base qw( Exporter );
use vars qw( @EXPORT_OK );

@EXPORT_OK = qw(
  create_file_handle
);

sub create_file_handle {

  my $output_file = shift;

  my $output_fh;
  if ($output_file) {

    use File::Basename;
    my $ftp_dir = dirname($output_file);

    use File::Path qw(make_path);
    make_path($ftp_dir);

    use IO::File;
    $output_fh = IO::File->new(">$output_file");
  } else {
    $output_fh = *STDOUT;
  }
  return $output_fh;
}

1;


