% function specDatFile = find_specDatFile(specDatFile)
% find location of the spec file in the provided folder / path 
% if the variable specDatFile is not a complete path to a file
%   try to guess where a spec data file can be found, by
%   - look for directories called 'spec' or 'dat-files'
%   - look for files called '*.dat'
%   - take the newest one


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function specDatFile = find_specDatFile(specDatFile)
  while (exist(specDatFile,'file') ~= 2)
% if the variable specDatFile is not a complete path to a file
%   try to guess where a spec data file can be found, by
%   - look for directories called 'spec' or 'dat-files'
%   - look for files called '*.dat'
%   - take the newest one
    compare_str = specDatFile;
    fname = dir(specDatFile);
    if (exist(specDatFile,'dir'))
      if (specDatFile(end) ~= '/')
        specDatFile = strcat(specDatFile,'/');
      end
      
      for ii=1:numel(fname)
        if (regexp(fname(ii).name,'.dat$'))
          specDatFile = strcat(specDatFile,'*.dat');
          fname = [];
          break;
        end
      end
      for ii=1:numel(fname)
        if (strcmp(fname(ii).name,'dat-files'))
          specDatFile = strcat(specDatFile,fname(ii).name);
          fname = [];
          break;
        end
      end
      for ii=1:numel(fname)
        if (strcmp(fname(ii).name,'specES1'))
          specDatFile = strcat(specDatFile,fname(ii).name);
          break;
        end
        if (strcmp(fname(ii).name,'spec'))
          specDatFile = strcat(specDatFile,fname(ii).name);
          break;
        end
      end
    else
      if (numel(fname)>0)
        [~,ii] = max(cell2mat({fname.datenum}));
        specDatFile = regexprep(specDatFile,'\*\.dat$',fname(ii).name);
      else
        error('''%s'' cannot be found.', specDatFile);
        break
      end
    end
    if (strcmp(specDatFile,compare_str))
      break
    end
  end
  
  if ~exist(specDatFile, 'file') || exist(specDatFile, 'dir')
     error('Spec dat file not found in the provided path %s', specDatFile) 
  end
  
end