Fix for issue #397

[mb2055]

Fix for issue #397 .

This fix ensures that each node input file has a unique identifier, preventing conflicts when multiple node instances are running simultaneously.

Fix for the output file is not ideal but I can't think of a better way to do it since we need to read the file_prefix from the args dictionary without knowing which of the arguments (if any) will be used to set the file_prefix when validate is called. The solution here is simply to assume that this will be set using an argument called file_prefix and that if this argument does not exist then the default name of output.yaml is used. It does not account for any situation in which the file_prefix is set using a value that is not the file_prefix argument.

Also adds a getNodeDirectory utility function that returns the current value of _node_dir .