How to saving data to file in different path in matlab?

I am trying to save some data from current workspace in matlab to a different folder.The folder name is facedatabse. I tried using

 saveFile='hafizah.dat';
 save(saveFile,'gaborResult','-append','-v6')

where data is a cell array.it gives me error

 Error using save
 Unable to write file hafizah.dat: No such file or directory.

 Error in face1 (line 138)
 save(saveFile,'gaborResult','-append','-v6')

Anyone please help me!!

Answer 1

[pfb]

You are using "-append". That means that 'hafizah.dat' should already exist.

Does it exist?

According to matlab it does not.

You say you want to save in a different folder. However, you're saving in the current directory. Where is the path to the "different folder"?

The name of the saved file should include the whole path, e.g.

 saveFile='../otherfolder/hafizah.dat';

(linux or mac path).