How can i edit my code which works on r2014b version at work but not on my personal r2024a version?

I have an IAD code, number of lines long. It works great on the MATLAB r2014b version but on my r2024a version at home, i get an error of the following:

Running IAD on dataset 1

zsh:1: command not found: iad

Sample1_IAD.txt

Error using movefile

No matching files named 'XXXXXX' were found.

Error in IAD_Analyzer_WCV_04_11_23 (line 239)

movefile(iad_output_file,strcat([pwd, '\results']))

Please can someone well versed in MATLAB suggest what I should change in the code to address this error in the r2024a version? It seems to be a matter of changing file location or using a different cmd from 'movefile' etc but I've tried all I know to do with no success. Thank you, I appreciate any help.

[Walter Roberson]

            movefile(iad_output_file,strcat([pwd, '\results']))

You should be using fullfile() instead

            movefile(iad_output_file,fullfile(pwd, 'results'))

[Oluwadamilola Oke]

Hi Walter, thank you. Unfortunately, this did not work. MATLAB gives the same error but this time with the fullfile()

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

No matching files named 'XXXXXX' were found.

This is the error. It should give you a clue.

Put a break point at line 239 where the movefile() is. Let it run and pause at line 239. Make sure both the source and destination exist.

[Oluwadamilola Oke]

Thank you Fangjun, I have inserted a breakpoint using the dbstop command. Please explain what you mean by ensure the source and destinaton exist? Usually, I create an empty results folder on my computer and the code should save the various Sample 1, 2, 3...# results into that folder (# = number of samples I'm processing at that time) . So i end up having .rxt and .txt files for each of my samples. However, it seems in the r2024a version, the code keeps getting hung up at line 239 after only creating sample1.rxt.

This is what I get after running the dbstop command:

Running IAD on dataset 1

zsh:1: command not found: iad

Sample1_IAD.txt

K>> IAD_Analyzer_WCV_04_11_23

[Fangjun Jiang]

At this moment, run the following to make sure both the source and destination exist. The return value should be non-zero.

exist(iad_output_file)
exist(fullfile(pwd, 'results'))

[Walter Roberson]

zsh:1: command not found: iad

I think that is your real problem. An executable named iad is needed in your current directory or on the system path.

Note that any PATH you might be setting in your .zshrc is going to be ignored by MATLAB: MATLAB is started from the dock rather than from a terminal session, so MATLAB does not go through zsh startup procedures.

[Oluwadamilola Oke]

Thank you both. Exist(iad_output_file) gives me 0, the latter gives me a non-zero number. I think this is the problem as Walter mentioned, I do have a .exe file in the folder but after checking it seems it is empty. After reading online, it seems mac systems are not equipped for running .exe files which may be the reason the current file in my folder is empty.

[Walter Roberson]

Mac do not run .exe (not unless you have Parallels or equivalent installed)