1function update_last_mh_history_file(MetropolisFolder, ModelName, record)
2% function update_last_mh_history_file(MetropolisFolder, ModelName, record)
3% Updates the mh_history_file
4% Inputs:
5%   MetropolisFolder    [char]      Name of the metropolis subfolder
6%   ModelName           [char]      Name of the mod-file
7%   record              [structure] structure storing the MH history
8% Outputs:  none
9
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26
27BaseName = [MetropolisFolder filesep ModelName];
28
29% Get the list of all the mh_history files.
30mh_history_files = dir([BaseName '_mh_history_*.mat']);
31
32% Check the existence of mh-files (assuming version 2, ie dynare version greater than 4.3.x).
33if isequal(length(mh_history_files),0)
34    error(['Estimation::update_mh_file: I cannot find any mh-history file in ' MetropolisFolder '!'])
35end
36
37BaseName = [BaseName '_mh_history_'];
38
39save([BaseName num2str(length(mh_history_files)-1) '.mat'],'record','-append');