output directory does not exist causes failure

[beagins]

Given a sample file directory

my-app
|-- src
|    +-- (source files)
+-- test
|    +-- (test files)
+-- webpack
|    +-- development.config.js
+-- .package.json

when development.config.js has the following code snippet:

new archivePlugin({
    output: `${paths.build}/my-app`
  })

and ${paths.build} is defined: build: path.join(__dirname, '../', '/build'),

then I get an error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, ... /my-app/build/my-app.zip

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When I change the development.config.js code snippet to the following:

new archivePlugin({
    output: `${paths.dist}/my-app`
  })

then it does not encounter an error because the my-app/dist directory is created on run $webpack --config ./webpack/development.config.js as defined by the following code snippet:

output: {
    path: `${paths.dist}/`,
    filename: 'js/[name].js',
  }

however, the my-app.zip file is saved to my-app/dist instead of my-app/build.

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I expect my-app/build directory to be created if it's not there.