Escape character for colon in matalb path in linux
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Hello everybody, I would like to add to matlab path a path containing a colon (:), which is actually a separator between folder paths. I have tried \ as an escape character but didn't work. I would like to addpath('C:') in linux machine Thanks for the help
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Natch Ruengsakulrach
on 1 Sep 2016
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Unlike Windows, Linux allows directory names with “:”. Having “:” in a directory name on the MATLAB search path is currently unsupported. I work for MathWorks and I have forwarded this to the appropriate team.
Jonathan Ward
on 14 Jan 2020
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Has there been any update on this issue? Any workarounds?
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Richard Crozier
on 16 Jan 2024
workarount on linux might be to create a soft link with a differrent name
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