No need to check outdir for existence - Nextflow can create it on demand

[robsyme]

At the moment, we check the outdir parameter for existence, but many users will want to write results to a directory that doesn't currently exist. Removing params.outdir from the checkPathParamList will allow users to write to new directories.

PR checklist

• This comment contains a description of changes (with reason).
• If you've fixed a bug or added code that should be tested, add tests!
• If you've added a new tool - have you followed the pipeline conventions in the contribution docs
• If necessary, also make a PR on the nf-core/taxprofiler branch on the nf-core/test-datasets repository.
• Make sure your code lints (nf-core lint).
• Ensure the test suite passes (nextflow run . -profile test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>).
• Usage Documentation in docs/usage.md is updated.
• Output Documentation in docs/output.md is updated.
• CHANGELOG.md is updated.
• README.md is updated (including new tool citations and authors/contributors).

[github-actions]

nf-core lint overall result: Passed ✅ ⚠️

Posted for pipeline commit 347d341

+| ✅ 157 tests passed       |+
!| ❗   1 tests had warnings |!

❗ Test warnings:

• pipeline_todos - TODO string in methods_description_template.yml: #Update the HTML below to your preferred methods description, e.g. add publication citation for this pipeline

✅ Tests passed:

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• modules_structure - modules directory structure is correct 'modules/nf-core/TOOL/SUBTOOL'

Run details

• nf-core/tools version 2.9
• Run at 2023-07-07 19:14:25