problem with "cd" and network drive

Hello everybody,

I'd like to implement a line of code into my app that changes the current directory to the directory of the app. I have tried for so many hours now but haven't succeeded and I hope that you can help me now.

[filepath,~,~] = fileparts(mfilename('fullpath'))

-> filepath = '\\university-pc04\shared\scripts\apps'

cd filepath

-> Error using cd

Cannot CD to \\univesity-pc04\shared\filepath (Name is nonexistent or not a directory).

It's strange that it does not say "Cannot CD to \\university-pc04\shared\scripts\apps (Name is nonexistent or not a directory)."! Why is there "filepath" in the error message instead?

But it works by copying and pasting the path:

cd '\\university-pc04\shared\scripts\apps''

Where is the problem? Does cd not work with network drives?

Cheers, Christian

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

cd filepath

is the command form of cd. The fact that filepath is purple is a hint that filepath is being treated as literal text and not a variable name. The equivalent functional form is:

cd('filepath');

whereas you meant

cd(filepath);  %notice that filepath is no longer purple!

[Christian]

Oh man....

Didn't see the wood for the trees!

Thank you :)