nccreate overwrite existing file

How to use nccreate to create a new file clobbering any previous file with the same name?

Matlab's question-begging documentation doesn't help. Here's matlab's info on nccreate:

"If filename does not exist, then nccreate creates the file using the netcdf4_classic format."

Great, but if the filename does exist?

Answer 1

[Stijn Haenen]

Have you tried this:

if exist(filename)
    delete filename
end
nccreate.....

Answer 2

[oceanmod]

Thanks for your response. Low-level netcdf functions like netcdf.create have an explicit clobber option. Am baffled why the corresponding high-level functions (i.e., nccreate) would not have a similar option. It looks like what you suggest might be the only way.