Checking existence of Simulink model with full pathname

Why is it that I can use the exist command to check if a model exists, but when I provide the fullpath name, it is only considered a file?

>> exist('test.mdl');
ans =
    4
>> exist('C:\temp\test.mdl');
ans =
    2

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/exist.html#mw_0724f29e-7978-4e62-8c9d-4425e1c7a338 - you may be looking for isfile(...)

[Monika Jaskolka]

I am using R2016b, which does not support this function.

[madhan ravi]

Or you could use cd(...) and then use exist(...)