how do I "locate file on disk" using matlab?

The answer is system(['explorer /select,' fullfilepath_here])

question is: is there a matlab function that one can use instead of system?

I'm not talking about something like winopen(fileparts(filename)), this doesn't select the file for you it only opens a window.

Answer 1

[Anthony Poulin]

Hello,

I am not sure to really understand your question.

Is the "uigetfile" function that you are looking for?

This function opens a browser which allows you to find a file.

The function returns the path and the name of the chosen file.

[Al Dente]

no the functionality that I'm looking for is exactly what happens when you run

system(['explorer /select,' fullfilepath_here])

I just wanted to know if there's a matlab function instead of using windows explorer with the /select flag.