MATLAB Installation Guide for Windows    

MATLAB Directory Structure

This section describes the directory structure of a MATLAB installation with detailed information about the types of files stored in each subdirectory.


MATLAB Installation Directory Structure
 Lists the top-level directories that can be created during a MATLAB installation. (Your installation may not include all of the directories.)
MATLAB Subdirectories
 Describes the contents of the primary MATLAB subdirectories.

MATLAB Installation Directory Structure

After installation, your MATLAB installation directory contains

\BIN\WIN32
 The MATLAB binary and associated files
\DEMOS
 MATLAB demonstration programs
\EXTERN
 Tools for building external interfaces to MATLAB
\FLEXLM
 The FLEXlm license manager, license management utilities
\HELP
 Help system
\JA
 MATLAB internationalization files
\JAVA
 MATLAB Java Jar files
\NOTEBOOK
 MATLAB Notebook
\SYS
 Tools and operating system libraries that MATLAB depends on
\TOOLBOX
 The MATLAB toolboxes
\UNINSTALL
 The MATLAB Uninstaller program
\WORK
 Default initial current directory

MATLAB Subdirectories

The section provides information about some of the subdirectories and their contents.

MATLAB\BIN\WIN32

LICENSE.DAT
 Processed License File on client systems
MATLAB.EXE
 The MATLAB executable file
*.DLL, *.EXE, *.BAT
 Miscellaneous files

MATLAB\EXTERN

\EXAMPLES
 Examples of using the C and Fortran application program interface
\INCLUDE
 Header files for the External Interface library
\LIB
 Libraries required for compilers
\SRC
 C source files for inclusion in MEX building

MATLAB\SYS\GHOSTSCRIPT

\BIN
 The GhostScript binary
\FONTS
 GhostScript versions of PostScript fonts
\PS_FILES
 PostScript initialization and configuration files

MATLAB\SYS\PERL\WIN32

The full ActiveState Perl distribution

MATLAB\TOOLBOX\LOCAL

Local environment M-files

MATLAB\TOOLBOX\MATLAB

\AUDIO
 Sound I/O commands
\DATAFUN
 Data analysis and Fourier transform functions
\DATATYPES
 Data types and structures
\DEMOS
 Demonstrations and samples
\ELFUN
 Elementary math functions
\ELMAT
 Elementary matrices and matrix manipulation
\FUNFUN
 Function functions - nonlinear numerical methods
\GENERAL
 General purpose commands
\GRAPH2D
 Two-dimensional graphs
\GRAPH3D
 Three-dimensional graphs
\GRAPHICS
 General-purpose graphics commands
\IOFUN
 Low-level file I/O functions
\LANG
 Language constructs and debugging
\MATFUN
 Matrix functions - numerical linear algebra
\OPS
 Operators and special characters
\POLYFUN
 Polynomial and interpolation functions
\SPARFUN
 Sparse matrix functions
\SPECFUN
 Specialized math functions
\SPECGRAPH
 Specialized graphs
\STRFUN
 Character string functions
\TIMEFUN
 Time, date, and calendar functions
\UITOOLS
 User interface utilities
\VERCTRL
 Version control functions
\WINFUN
 Window functions


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