Handle missing output directoy better #8764
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Improve the error message when the output directory is not writable.
After:
Before:
This runs only if the cpp version is 17 or higher since writing this check platform independent without std::filesystem would be a huge pain and a lot more code. Pre cpp17 versions will just fall back to the error message from before and assume the directory is always writable.