def from_path(cls, path, suffix=""):
        """
        Convenient constructor that takes in the path name of VASP run
        to perform Bader analysis.

        Args:
            path (str): Name of directory where VASP output files are
                stored.
            suffix (str): specific suffix to look for (e.g. '.relax1'
                for 'CHGCAR.relax1.gz').

        """

        def _get_filepath(filename):
            name_pattern = filename + suffix + '*' if filename != 'POTCAR' \
                else filename + '*'
            paths = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, name_pattern))
            fpath = None
            if len(paths) >= 1:
                # using reverse=True because, if multiple files are present,
                # they likely have suffixes 'static', 'relax', 'relax2', etc.
                # and this would give 'static' over 'relax2' over 'relax'
                # however, better to use 'suffix' kwarg to avoid this!
                paths.sort(reverse=True)
                warning_msg = "Multiple files detected, using %s" \
                              % os.path.basename(paths[0]) if len(paths) > 1 \
                    else None
                fpath = paths[0]
            else:
                warning_msg = "Could not find %s" % filename
                if filename in ['AECCAR0', 'AECCAR2']:
                    warning_msg += ", cannot calculate charge transfer."
                elif filename == "POTCAR":
                    warning_msg += ", interpret Bader results with caution."
            if warning_msg:
                warnings.warn(warning_msg)
            return fpath

        chgcar_filename = _get_filepath("CHGCAR")
        if chgcar_filename is None:
            raise IOError("Could not find CHGCAR!")
        potcar_filename = _get_filepath("POTCAR")
        aeccar0 = _get_filepath("AECCAR0")
        aeccar2 = _get_filepath("AECCAR2")
        if (aeccar0 and aeccar2):
            # `chgsum.pl AECCAR0 AECCAR2` equivalent to obtain chgref_file
            chgref = Chgcar.from_file(aeccar0) + Chgcar.from_file(aeccar2)
            chgref_filename = "CHGREF"
            chgref.write_file(chgref_filename)
        else:
            chgref_filename = None
        return cls(chgcar_filename, potcar_filename=potcar_filename,
                   chgref_filename=chgref_filename)