How to create a new folder in MATLAB?

If you have MATLAB Connector installed on your system, you also can access files and folders in MATLAB ® Drive™ from MATLAB. In the Current Folder browser, right-click in white space, and then select New > Folder .

How to add folder path to MATLAB?

On the Home tab, in the Environment section, click Set Path . The Set Path dialog box appears. Alternatively, you can access this dialog box using the pathtool function. Use the Add Folder or Add Folder with Subfolders button to add new folders to MATLAB search path.

How do I add a folder to MATLAB Drive?

If you do not have MATLAB Connector installed, you can add folders and files to your MATLAB Drive using MATLAB Drive online with the Upload button (select Files or Folder) or by dragging and dropping folders and files from the operating system file browser .

How do I add a Current Folder in MATLAB?

To open the Current Folder browser if it is not currently visible, on the Home tab, in the Environment section, click Layout. Then, in the Show section, select Current Folder. In MATLAB Online™, the Current Folder browser is called the Files panel. To show or hide the Files panel, click its icon in the sidebar.

How do I create a working directory in MATLAB?

On the Home tab, in the Environment section, click Preferences. Select MATLAB > General. Choose an option for the Initial working folder preference . Alternatively on Windows platforms, specify the initial working folder in the MATLAB shortcut icon.

What is a folder in MATLAB?

Class and Path Folders There are two types of folders that can contain class definition files. Path folders — The folder is on the MATLAB path and the folder name does not begin with an @ character . Use this type of folder when you want multiple classes and functions in one folder.

How do I create a shortcut to a folder in MATLAB?

In the Files view, right-click the file and select Create Shortcut . Alternatively, on the Project Shortcuts tab, click New Shortcut and browse to select a file. The Create New Shortcut dialog box opens. Select an icon and enter a name.

How do I start MATLAB in a folder?

You can set the initial working folder in MATLAB through the following Preference settings: Open the Preferences window. Navigate to the General options. Select the option to specify a path to a folder under the Initial working folder options, and enter the desired directory. Press Apply and/or OK to save your changes. More items... Jul 27, 2017

How do I load a folder into MATLAB?

You can use the addpath(folderName) function to add the folder you want to the top of the search path , this should give you access to whatever . mat files are in the included folder.

Where is my MATLAB folder?

The default userpath folder is platform-specific. Windows ® platforms — %USERPROFILE%/Documents/MATLAB . Mac platforms — $home/Documents/MATLAB .

How to create new file in MATLAB command?

If file does not already exist, MATLAB asks if you want to create it. file can include a partial path, complete path, relative path, or no path. If file includes a partial path or no path, edit will look for the file on the search path. You must have write permission to the path to create file .

How do you create a new section in MATLAB?

Sections can contain text, code, and output. MATLAB® code appears with a gray background and output appears with a white background. To create a new section, go to the Live Editor tab and click the Section Break button .

Make new folder - MATLAB mkdir (2024)

Make new folder

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Syntax

mkdir folderName

mkdir parentFolder folderName

status = mkdir(___)

[status,msg]= mkdir(___)

[status,msg,msgID]= mkdir(___)

Description

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mkdir folderName createsthe folder folderName. If folderName exists, MATLAB^® issuesa warning. If the operation is not successful, mkdir throwsan error to the Command Window.

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mkdir parentFolder folderName creates folderName in parentFolder. If parentFolder does not exist, MATLAB attempts to create it.

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status = mkdir(___) creates the specified folder and returns a status of 1 if the operation is successful or if the folder exists. Otherwise, mkdir returns 0 and does not throw a warning or error to the Command Window. You can use this syntax with any of the input argument combinations in the previous syntaxes.

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[status,msg]= mkdir(___) also returns the message text for any warning or error that occurs.

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[status,msg,msgID]= mkdir(___) additionally returns the message ID for any warning or error that occurs.

Examples

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Create Subfolder in Current Folder

Open Live Script

Create Subfolder in Specified Parent Folder

Open Live Script

Create a folder called newfolder in the folder testdata. Use a relative path, where newFolder is at the same level as the current folder.

mkdir ../testdata newFolder

Create Folder That Already Exists

Open Live Script

Create the same folder twice, verifying the status of the operation after each try.

Create the folder newFolder. The operation succeeds, returning a status of 1 with no error or warning message.

[status, msg, msgID] = mkdir('newFolder')

status = logical 1

msg = 0x0 empty char arraymsgID = 0x0 empty char array

Create the folder newFolder again. The operation succeeds again, returning a status of 1. A warning message and message ID inform you that the folder already exists.

[status, msg, msgID] = mkdir('newFolder')

status = logical 1

msg = 'Directory already exists.'

msgID = 'MATLAB:MKDIR:DirectoryExists'

Input Arguments

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`folderName` — Folder name
character vector | string scalar

Folder name, specified as a character vector or string scalar. You can specify folderName as an absolute or relative path, unless a parent folder is specified. If you specify a parent folder, then folderName must be a path relative to the parent folder.

If folderName contains a path that includes one or more nonexistent folders, MATLAB attempts to create the nonexistent folder. For example, for the path myFolder\folder1\folder2\targetFolder, if folder1 does not exist, MATLAB creates folder1, creates folder2 within folder1, and creates targetFolder within folder2.

Data Types: char | string

`parentFolder` — Parent folder
character vector | string scalar

Parent folder for the new folder, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Specify parentFolder as an absolute or relative path. If parentFolder does not exist, MATLAB attempts to create it.

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

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`status` — Folder creation status
0 | 1

Folder creation status indicating whether the attempt to create the folder is successful, returned as 0 or 1. If the attempt to create the folder is successful or the folder already exists, then the value of status is 1. Otherwise, the value is 0.

Data Types: logical

`msg` — Error message
character vector

Error message, returned as a character vector. If an error or warning occurs, msg contains the message text of the error or warning. Otherwise, msg is empty, ''.

`msgID` — Error message identifier
character vector

Error message identifier, returned as a character vector. If an error or warning occurs, msgID contains the message identifier of the error or warning. Otherwise, msgID is empty, ''.

Tips

You can use mkdir to create folders in remote locations. To write to a remote location, folderName or parentName must contain the full path of the file specified as a uniform resource locator (URL) of the form:
schema_name://path_to_file/folderName
or
schema_name://path_to_file/parentName
It is also valid to use one or three "slash" (/) characters between schema_name and path_to_file. For example:
schema_name:/path_to_file/folderName
or
schema_name:///path_to_file/parentName
Based on your remote location, schema_name can be one of the values in this table.
File System schema_name
Amazon S3™ s3
Windows Azure^® Blob Storage wasb, wasbs
HDFS™ hdfs
If the file system being used does not support empty folders then attempting to use mkdir with that service will throw an error. For more information, see Work with Remote Data.

File System	`schema_name`
Amazon S3™	`s3`
Windows Azure^® Blob Storage	`wasb`, `wasbs`
HDFS™	`hdfs`

Extended Capabilities

Thread-Based Environment
Run code in the background using MATLAB® `backgroundPool` or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ `ThreadPool`.

This function fully supports thread-based environments. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions in Thread-Based Environment.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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R2022b: Use function in thread-based environments

This function supports thread-based environments.

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Make new folder - MATLAB mkdir (2024)

Syntax

Description

Examples

Create Subfolder in Current Folder

Create Subfolder in Specified Parent Folder

Create Folder That Already Exists

Input Arguments

`folderName` — Folder name
character vector | string scalar

`parentFolder` — Parent folder
character vector | string scalar

Output Arguments

`status` — Folder creation status
0 | 1

`msg` — Error message
character vector

`msgID` — Error message identifier
character vector

Tips

Extended Capabilities

Thread-Based Environment
Run code in the background using MATLAB® `backgroundPool` or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ `ThreadPool`.

Version History

R2022b: Use function in thread-based environments

See Also

Topics

MATLAB Command

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How to create a new folder in MATLAB? ›

Where is my MATLAB folder? ›

Make new folder - MATLAB mkdir (2024)

Syntax

Description

Examples

Create Subfolder in Current Folder

Create Subfolder in Specified Parent Folder

Create Folder That Already Exists

Input Arguments

folderName — Folder name character vector | string scalar

parentFolder — Parent folder character vector | string scalar

Output Arguments

status — Folder creation status 0 | 1

msg — Error message character vector

msgID — Error message identifier character vector

Tips

Extended Capabilities

Thread-Based Environment Run code in the background using MATLAB® backgroundPool or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ ThreadPool.

Version History

R2022b: Use function in thread-based environments

See Also

Topics

MATLAB Command

Americas

Europe

Asia Pacific

FAQs

How to create a new folder in MATLAB? ›

Where is my MATLAB folder? ›

`folderName` — Folder name
character vector | string scalar

`parentFolder` — Parent folder
character vector | string scalar

`status` — Folder creation status
0 | 1

`msg` — Error message
character vector

`msgID` — Error message identifier
character vector

Thread-Based Environment
Run code in the background using MATLAB® `backgroundPool` or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ `ThreadPool`.