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mdfFinalize

Finalize MDF file by ASAM standards

Since R2021b

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Syntax

mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile)
mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile,FinalizedMDFFile)
finalizedPath = mdfFinalize(___)

Description

mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile) sorts and finalizes the specified MDF file according to ASAM standards, and overwrites the original file.

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mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile,FinalizedMDFFile) creates a sorted, finalized copy of the MDF file with the specified name, FinalizedMDFFile.

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finalizedPath = mdfFinalize(___) returns an output argument, finalizedPath, indicating the full path to the sorted, finalized file, including the file name.

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Examples

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Finalize an MDF file, overwriting the original.

finalizedPath = mdfFinalize('MDFFile.mf4');
mdfObj = mdf(finalizedPath);

Finalize an MDF file, creating a separate copy from the original.

finalizedPath = mdfFinalize('UnfinalizedMDFFile.mf4','FinalizedMDFFile.mf4');
mdfObj = mdf(finalizedPath);

Input Arguments

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Original unfinalized MDF file, specified as a string or character vector. Full and relative path names are allowed.

Depending on the location you are accessing, mdfFileName can take one of these forms.

Location

Form

Current folder or MATLAB® path

To access a file in the current folder or MATLAB path, specify the name of the file in filename, including the file extension.

Example: "myMdfFile.mf4"

Other folders

To access a file in a folder other than the current folder, specify the full or relative path name in filename.

Example: "C:\myFolder\myMdfFile.mf4"

Example: "\dataDir\myMdfFile.mf4"

Remote locations

To access a file in a remote location, filename must contain the full path of the file specified as a uniform resource locator (URL) of the form:

scheme://path_to_file/myMdfFile.mf4

Based on the remote location, scheme can be one of the values in this table.

Remote Locationscheme
Amazon S3™s3
Windows Azure® Blob Storagewasb, wasbs
HDFS™hdfs

For more information, see Work with Remote Data.

Example: "s3://bucketname/path_to_file/myMdfFile.mf4"

Example: 'UnfinalizedMDFFile.mf4'

Data Types: char | string

New finalized copy of MDF file, specified as a string or character vector. Full and relative path names are allowed.

Example: 'FinalizedMDFFile.mf4'

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

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Full path to finalized file, returned as a character vector. The path includes the file name.

Version History

Introduced in R2021b

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