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Scilab Help >> Files : Input/Output functions

Files : Input/Output functions

• Directory
  • cd — changes Scilab current directory
  • createdir — makes new directory
  • dir — gets file list
  • isdir — checks that a path points to an existing directory
  • ls — shows files
  • mkdir — makes a new directory
  • pwd — gets Scilab current directory
  • removedir — removes a directory
  • rmdir — removes a directory
• file_system
  • copyfile — copies a file
  • deletefile — deletes a file
  • fileinfo — provide information about some files of any type
  • findfiles — finding all files with a given file specification
  • isfile — checks whether argument is an existing file
  • listfiles — list of files
  • mdelete — deletes file(s)
  • movefile — moves file or directory
  • newest — returns newest file of a set of files
• Paths - Filenames
  • basename — strip directory and suffix from filenames
  • dirname — gets directory from filenames (obsolete)
  • fileext — returns extension for a file path
  • fileparts — returns the path, filename and extension for a file path
  • filesep — returns directory separator for current platform
  • fullfile — builds a full filename from parts
  • fullpath — creates an full path name for the specified relative path name.
  • get_absolute_file_path — gives an absolute pathname of a file opened in Scilab
  • getdrives — gets the drive letters of all mounted filesystems on the computer
  • getlongpathname — gets long path name
  • getrelativefilename — given absolute directories and absolute filenames, returns relative file names
  • getshortpathname — gets short path name
  • is_absolute_path — checks if argument is an absolute path
  • pathconvert — converts a path to an OS path format.
  • pathsep — provides the path separator used in the PATH environment variable of the current OS.
  • splitURL — Split an URL (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP...)
  • tempname — creates a file with an unique filename
• dispfiles — displays properties of opened files
• fprintfMat — writes a matrix in a file
• fscanfMat — reads a matrix from a text file
• getURL — Download an URL (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP...)
• getmd5 — get md5 checksum
• hash — get checksum of file or string using various digest algorithms
• %io — protected variable providing ids of the standard input and standard output
• listvarinfile — lists variables stored in a binary archive (names, types, sizes..)
• mclearerr — resets binary file access errors
• mclose — closes opened files
• meof — checks if end of file has been reached
• merror — tests the file access errors indicator
• mfprintf — converts, formats, and writes data to a file
• msscanf — reads its input from the character string (interface to the C sscanf function)
• mgeti — parses numbers in a binary file and returns them as encoded integers
• mgetl — reads lines from an text file
• mgetstr — reads a character string from a file
• mopen — opens files in Scilab
• mput — writes byte or word in a given binary format
• mputl — writes strings in a text file
• mputstr — write a single text in an open file
• mseek — sets current position in a binary file
• mtell — Returns the offset of the current byte relative to the beginning of a file
• save format — format of files produced by "save"
• scanf — converts formatted input on standard input
• scanf_conversion — mscanf, msscanf, mfscanf conversion specifications

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