MATLAB Function Reference

fullfile

Build full filename from parts

Syntax

• fullfile('dir1', 'dir2', ..., 'filename')
  f = fullfile('dir1', 'dir2', ..., 'filename')
  

Description

fullfile(dir1, dir2, ..., filename) builds a full filename from the directories and filename specified. This is conceptually equivalent to

• f = [dir1 dirsep dir2 dirsep ... dirsep filename]
  

except that care is taken to handle the cases when the directories begin or end with a directory separator.

Examples

To create the full filename from a disk name, directories, and filename,

• f = fullfile('C:', 'Applications', 'matlab', 'myfun.m')
  f =
  C:\Applications\matlab\myfun.m
  

The following examples both produce the same result on UNIX, but only the second one works on all platforms.

• fullfile(matlabroot, 'toolbox/matlab/general/Contents.m')
  fullfile(matlabroot, 'toolbox', 'matlab', 'general', ...
           'Contents.m')
  

See Also

fileparts, genpath

full

func2str

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