add an output directory option. set the default output directory to be in the same location as the log

This reverts commit 8050bea7.

This reverts commit d662638e.

set the policy file to either list-path-external or list-path-dirplus, then pass as a path to submit-pol-job

add option to run any policy file so Ops is not restricted to only list-path-external and list-path-dirplus