'destination' is invalid
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I am creating a plot in the following manner:
>> X = [1 2 3 4 5];
>> plot(X', linewidth = 2)
Now, I want to save the plot in a pdf file:
>> exportgraphics(gca, 'Test.pdf')
This is the error that MATLAB spits out:
>> Error using exportgraphics. The value of 'destination' is invalid. Unable to create output file 'EdgeWeightEstimation.pdf', Permission
denied.
I would very much appreciate if anyone could point out what I am doing wrong and how I could corect it. Thank you.
- Kamal
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Walter Roberson
2022-6-25
Could you confirm that your command requested Test.pdf but that the error message refers to a completely different file name?
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This isn't a MATLAB syntax error; it's indicating that your default working directory (the location given by cd at command line prompt) is one for which you do not have write permission. This is set in the OS permissions.
Change your target file name to include a fully-qualified file name including the directory location that is one to which you have write permissions (or change your working location to one instead is probably the more satisfactory solution longer term).
In general, you should have your starting location for MATLAB leave you in a working directory that is yours and writeable and not one of the MATLAB installation folders that are write protected.
Show us what
cd
returns...
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Kamal Premaratne
2022-6-26
dpb
2022-6-26
Yes, and I recommend to do so...my personal preference for general day-to-day use is to use a specific MATLAB working folder so that all non-project-specific ML-related stuff is there...I also create a custom Utilities folder that is early in the MATLABPATH search order that holds a collection of generally useful m-file functions that may be used no matter what project am working on rather than duplicating them.
To set the startup location, go to the "General" tab in Preferences (under "Environment" section) and set it there to your working directory of choice.
Just for example (set yours to suit your working habits and local setup), my MATLABPATH begins as
C:\Users\Duane\Documents\MATLAB\Work
C:\Users\Duane\Documents\MATLAB\Utilities
C:\Users\Duane\Documents\MATLAB\MSWordUtils
C:\Users\Duane\AppData\Local\Temp\Editor_alrfc
C:\ML_R2020b\toolbox\matlab\capabilities
C:\ML_R2020b\toolbox\matlab\datafun
C:\ML_R2020b\toolbox\matlab\datatypes
...
which illustrates my initial working directory is first (and the one set for default startup), then the Utilities, then begins the MATLAB-generated list created during installation after those.
Without setting the preference, MATLAB starts in a different location depending upon how you invoke it which I always found to be most annoying. In your case, if you happened to start by double-clicking that m-file icon, it dynamically cd's to the location of the file which then caused the issue you had because it did something behind your back you weren't expecting.
Kamal Premaratne
2022-6-26
dpb
2022-6-26
Yeah, while the doc is extensive, it isn't always as intuitive about where the more general stuff is and the lookup tools are built entirely around functions, not subjects.
If you just open the doc for MATLAB, there's a "Getting Started" section and this stuff is under "Environment and Settings" under it...
The link online doc is <matlab/startup-and-shutdown> which is a few levels down, but to TMW's credit does go into excruciating detail. It just takes digging to get there...
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