added compile time default path

[mothur.git] / validparameter.cpp

diff --git a/validparameter.cpp b/validparameter.cpp
index 163423b79dddc49d99ab38aa197291d0b1b254e7..e82a9e8d4446430d125c168d66e0ababc8651655 100644 (file)
--- a/validparameter.cpp
+++ b/validparameter.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ bool ValidParameters::isValidParameter(string parameter, vector<string> cParams,
 
 /******************************************************/
 
-string ValidParameters::validFile(map<string, string> container, string parameter, bool isFile) {
+string ValidParameters::validFile(map<string, string>& container, string parameter, bool isFile) {
        try {
                int ableToOpen;
                ifstream in;
@@ -217,7 +217,18 @@ string ValidParameters::validFile(map<string, string> container, string paramete
                                if (pid == 0) {
                        #endif
 
-                               ableToOpen = openInputFile(it->second, in);
+                               ableToOpen = openInputFile(it->second, in, "noerror");
+                               
+                               //if you can't open it, try default location
+                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                       if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                               string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + getSimpleName(it->second);
+                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + it->second + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                               ableToOpen = openInputFile(tryPath, in, "noerror");
+                                               container[parameter] = tryPath;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
                                in.close();
 
                        #ifdef USE_MPI  
@@ -231,7 +242,10 @@ string ValidParameters::validFile(map<string, string> container, string paramete
                                MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); //make everyone wait - just in case
                        #endif
                        
-                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { return "not open"; }
+                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + container[parameter]); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       return "not open"; 
+                               }
                        }
                }else { return "not found"; }