From 5f247b32c4313fcf54a4620a8f13914cbe29be3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebastien <sebastien@ac1d8469-bf42-47a9-8791-bf33cf982152>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:32:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] CheckPath.m: give more informative error message when trying
 to create a subdirectory, when a file with the same name already exists

git-svn-id: https://www.dynare.org/svn/dynare/trunk@3037 ac1d8469-bf42-47a9-8791-bf33cf982152
---
 matlab/CheckPath.m | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/matlab/CheckPath.m b/matlab/CheckPath.m
index c20c245c3..0e8e52838 100644
--- a/matlab/CheckPath.m
+++ b/matlab/CheckPath.m
@@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ global M_
 DirectoryName = [ M_.dname '/' type ];
 
 if ~isdir(M_.dname)
-  mkdir('.', M_.dname);
+    if exist(M_.dname, 'file')
+        error(['Can''t create subdirectory. You should erase the following file: ' M_.dname])
+    end
+    mkdir('.', M_.dname);
 end
 
 if ~isdir(DirectoryName)
+    if exist(DirectoryName, 'file')
+        error(['Can''t create subdirectory. You should erase the following file: ' DirectoryName])
+    end
     mkdir('.',DirectoryName);
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end