MATLAB Function Reference

fullfile - Build full filename from parts

Syntax

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

Description

f = fullfile(dir1, dir2, ..., filename) builds a full file specification f from the directories and filename specified. Input arguments dir1, dir2, etc. and filename are each a string enclosed in single quotes. The output of the fullfile command is conceptually equivalent to

f = [dir1 filesep dir2 filesep ... filesep 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. (UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries).

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

See Also

fileparts, filesep, path, pathsep, genpath

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