Development Environment

Current Directory Browser

To search for, view, open, and make changes to MATLAB related directories and files, use the MATLAB Current Directory browser. Equivalent functions are documented for each feature of the Current Directory browser.

To open the Current Directory browser, select Current Directory from the View menu in the MATLAB desktop, or type filebrowser at the Command Window prompt. The Current Directory browser opens.

The main features of the Current Directory browser are

• Viewing and Making Changes to Directories
• Creating, Renaming, Copying, and Removing Directories and Files
• Opening, Running, and Viewing the Content of Files
• Finding and Replacing Content Within Files
• Accessing Source Control Features
• Setting Preferences for the Current Directory Browser

Note    You generally cannot perform operations on files and directories for which you do not have proper permission. For example, you cannot copy a file to a read-only directory using the Current Directory browser. You can do so using movefile.

File Operations

Viewing and Making Changes to Directories