Matlab rename file function

If source is a directory, destination cannot be a file. If source is a directory, copyfile copies the contents of source , not the directory itself. To rename a file or directory when copying it, make destination a different name than source.

Move Source to Destination To move the file myfunction. The directory testcases and its contents now appear in the directory myfiles. The read-only file myfile.

A status of 0 shows the copy was unsuccessful. A status of 1 and an empty message and messageID confirm the copy was successful. Examples Move Files to Current Folder. Move Files and Folders to New Folder. Rename Folder. A status of 1 and an empty message and messageID confirm the copy was successful. File or folder to move, specified as a character vector or string scalar. However, to move files and folders at a remote location, source must contain a full path specified as a uniform resource locator URL.

For more information, see Work with Remote Data. If source is a string, enclose all the inputs in parentheses. For example, movefile "myfile. File or folder destination, specified as a character vector or string scalar. If destination is local, it can be specified as an absolute or relative path. If destination is remote, it must contain a full path specified as a URL.

If destination is a string, enclose all the inputs in parentheses. Move status, indicating if the attempt to move the file or folder is successful, returned as 0 or 1. If the attempt is successful, the value of status is 1. Otherwise, the value is 0. Error message, returned as a character vector. If an error or warning occurs, msg contains the message text of the error or warning.