Generic Change of Directory

2 views (last 30 days)
Steve
Steve on 10 Jul 2013
If I want to use the change directory command to navigate to the user's desktop without calling out that users name, how do I specify that?

Answers (1)

Chad Gilbert
Chad Gilbert on 10 Jul 2013
To cover most cases, you could do:
cd ~/Desktop
if you're running linux or Mac, Or:
[a,b] = system('echo %UserProfile%\Desktop')
cd(b)
on windows. I'm on a linux machine, so I haven't tested the windows solution. You may need to tweak it. If your machine is set up in some non-standard way, or you're using some other OS, then this may not apply.

Categories

Find more on Programming Utilities in Help Center and File Exchange

Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!