Using addpath with file/folder names with / and :

I am using the addpath to link a folder to my path, but the name of the folder includes a /, how do I include characters such as / and : in the file name?

[José-Luis]

How is that even possible? The slash is a restricted character in filenames.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

What operating system is this? I know for a fact that you cannot have a folder name with a / or \ in it in Windows. If you made it up, then you can combine with fullfile

myDrive = 'D:\';
myFolder = 'data/results\run 1';
fullPath = fullfile(myDrive, myFolder)

but in the above case the folder is actually 3 folder names concatenated. Note Windows does not care about forward or backslash and will work just fine with either one.

[Claudy]

I am using a OSX Mavericks (Mac). I had decided just to change the name of the folder and replaced the "/" with "_". Thanks though. I will try your method to see if it works for Mac.

[Image Analyst]

OK, good. I didn't know folder names in the Mac could have a slash in them. I added "mac" to the tags to people will know.

[José-Luis]

I learned something today. I only use Linux and Windows and there the slash is a no-no.

Sorry for my somewhat flippant and mistaken answer.

https://kb.acronis.com/content/39790

[Image Analyst]

So, Claudy, Jose-Luis's link says that slash is permitted but colon is prohibited. So then, how are you creating folders with colon in them on your Mac, as you said in your original question?

Answer 2

[Miles Milner]

Hi I have a similar problem, my file directory has a ' in the name and that character closes the arguement

addpath('C:\Users\Miles' PC\Documents\MSc Medical Physics\BP5901 MSc Project\Dicom data')

what do I do? you can see in Miles' it stops being pink...

Please help!!

[Steven Lord]

disp('Here''s how you include '' in a char vector.')
disp("Or here's how to include it in a string.")

[Miles Milner]

I'm sorry I don't quite understand what you mean?

[Image Analyst]

Miles, try using double quotes:

myFolder = "C:\Users\Miles' PC\Documents\MSc Medical Physics\BP5901 MSc Project\Dicom data"
addpath(myFolder);