MATLAB: Move file to folder

filefoldermove

i want function to move file on any dir in my pc to folder at any dir in my pc

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Hi Ahmed,

movefile('source','destination')

moves the file or folder named source to the location destination, where source and destination are the absolute or relative paths for the folder or file.

For further information regarding this command, please visit the following documentation page.

http://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/movefile.html

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movefile(source, dest) moves the file from source to dest. The error message means, that the source file is not found.

You did not show or explain it, but it seems like the structs filesA and filesB come from the dir() command. Then note, that the fields name contain the file name only, but not the absolute path with the folder name. Then the file "filesB(i).name" are searched in the currently active folder as replied by cd.

When the filesA are insider C:\Temp\FolderA and for filesB in C\Temp\FolderB, add these names to get absolute files:

pathA = 'C:\Temp\FolderA'
pathB = 'C:\Temp\FolderB'
filesA = dir(fullfile(pathA, '*.ext'));
filesB = dir(fullfile(pathB, '*.ext'));
...
movefile(fullfile(pathB, filenameB), fullfile(pathA, filenameA))

Btw, I did not understand which file should be renamed by which strategy.

MATLAB: Question regarding ‘copyfile’ function from folder to folder

This is exactly, what you find in the documentation. Please read:

help copyfile
doc copyfile
[SUCCESS,MESSAGE,MESSAGEID] = copyfile(SOURCE, DESTINATION) attempts to
    copy SOURCE to DESTINATION. If SOURCE constitutes a directory or
    multiple files and DESTINATION does not exist, copyfile attempts to
    create DESTINATION as a directory and copy SOURCE to DESTINATION. If
    SOURCE constitutes a directory or multiple files and DESTINATION exists
    as a directory, copyfile attempts to copy SOURCE to DESTINATION.

This means, that copyfile copies the files from the source directory to the destination directory. This sounds intuitive for a function, which is called "copy file".

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