function dataDir = openConfigFile(configFile, logFileID) %OPENCONFIGFILE open file config.txt and read dataDir % Config file must follow specific/restrictive rules % The file config.txt should be writen as below. % One line should contain dataDir = %{ % This configuration file contains the definition of variable dataDir for database access. % It is used by functions: listSCase.m, measureSCase.m, plotScase.m % /home/shoulder/data <-- acces data dir from lbovenus or lbomars (default) % /home/shoulder/dataDev <-- acces dataDev dir from lbovenus or lbomars % /Volumes/shoulder/data <-- acces data dir from lbovenus/lbomars mounted on macos % /Volumes/shoulder/dataDev <-- acces dataDev dir from lbovenus mounted on macos % Z:\data <-- acces data dir from lbovenus/lbomars mounted on windows % Z:\dataDev <-- acces dataDev dir from lbovenus mounted on windows dataDir = /Volumes/shoulder/dataDev %} % Author: AT % Date: 2019-01-15 % TODO: Less restrict rules for writting config.txt if ~exist(configFile, 'file') error([configFile, ' required']); end fileID = fopen(configFile,'r'); dataDir = fscanf(fileID, '%s'); % Read config file without spaces fclose(fileID); k = strfind(dataDir, 'dataDir='); % Find definition of dataDir k = k + 8; % Remove 'dataDir=' dataDir = dataDir(k:end); % Assume that config file ends with dataDir content % Check if dataDir exists if ~exist(dataDir, 'dir') fprintf(logFileID, ['Data directory not found, check ' configFile]); error(['Data directory not found, check ' configFile]); end end