addFile

Add file or folder to project

collapse all in page

Syntax

addFile(proj,fileOrFolder)
newfile = addFile(proj,fileOrFolder)

Description

example

addFile(proj,fileOrFolder) adds a file or folder to the project proj. When adding a folder to the project, MATLAB® only adds the specified folder. To add the folder including any all subfolders and files, use addFolderIncludingChildFiles instead.

example

newfile = addFile(proj,fileOrFolder) returns a ProjectFile object for the added file.

Examples

collapse all

Open the Times Table App project. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

matlab.project.example.timesTable
proj = currentProject;

Remove a file.

removeFile(proj,"source/timestable.mlapp")

Add the file back to the project.

addFile(proj,"source/timestable.mlapp");

Add a file to the project and then manipulate the file using the returned project file object.

Open the Times Table App project. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

matlab.project.example.timesTable
proj = currentProject;

Save the current workspace variables to a file.

save("myvariables.mat");

Add the new file to the project and return a project file object.

file = addFile(proj,"myvariables.mat");

Use the project file object to manipulate the file, for example, by adding a label.

addLabel(file, "Classification", "Other")

Input Arguments

collapse all

Project, specified as a matlab.project.Project object. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

Path of the file or folder to add to the project, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Specify a path relative to the project root folder. The specified file or folder must be within the project root folder. File paths must include the file extension.

See Also

| | |

Topics

Introduced in R2019a

MATLAB Documentation

Support