How to save a figure in a different directory and with a dynamic name using export_fig?

Hello! I am using export_fig to save the plots I am producing with matlab. What I want to do is:

1. Save the figures in a different directory than the one I am working.
2. Give a dynamic name to the saved figure according to the file that the program is reading every time.
3. Use the command -transparent to remove the grey area around the figure.

My code is this:

baseFileName = sprintf('mass_conc_%s',sprintf('%s',char(cellstr(date.date(1)))));
saveas(gcf,baseFileName,'pdf')
export_fig baseFileName -transparent

This code is not saving the .png file (produced with export_fig) with the same name as the pdf file and I cannot specify another directory for saving it.

Thank you in advance for your help! Dimitra

Answer 1

[Thorsten]

Some hints, since it appears to be homework:

help fileparts % separate path, name and extension
help fullfile   % to generate a new full filename

Use the functional syntax of print and export_fig, i.e., use parentheses (...)

export_fig(newfilename, 'transparent') % not sure if this is the right syntax