File synchronization tool

Update recently modified files between two computers using a USB memory stick.

Description

This file is designed to synchronize data between two computers using a USB key. I wrote this bit of code to carry school related work back and forth between my home and office computers and keep complete copies of all data on both.

It only updates files that have been modified since the last update.

Be aware that a file with a more recent modified date automatically overwrites existing files. If you attempt to overwrite an existing file with an older file, however, a message is displayed to confirm the overwrite.

To execute, simply run "filesync" from the Matlab command line.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b)
• Other requirements: Windows operating system. Although it could be modified easily for other operating systems.

[Jay Simon]

Nice idea, but doesn't run, at least with version R14 on PC. For example, line 42:

textscan(genpath(basedir),'%s','delimiter',';');

crashes because textscan has no fileid argument.

[Jay Simon]

Some but not all of the runtime errors were resolved running v7.3. I will go through the code and modify as necessary to run on my XP machine. Curious to know if this code is crashing only on my system.

[Jay Simon]

Updated version runs fine.