Error using save: Error closing file
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Hey all,
An instance of a class is filled with a lot of data and than saved to my harddisk.
However, during saving, I get the following error: Error using save: Error closing file dummy.mat
I thought it had to do with a lack of memory, but I've monitored the process during saving and I never run out of RAM, and I know that I have plenty of space left on my harddisk.
Does anyone know what causes this error?
Any suggestions are much appreciated!
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Rafael Lopez Campos
2020-12-17
Hi, I had the same problem. I was working my script in a external device, so I fixed it moving my environment in the same device Matlab is installed.
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Jared
2011-10-18
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Hi Bert,
I ran into the same error message a day or two ago with a struct filled with instances of classes that were similarly filled with lots of data. However, I could see in task manager that the memory use was in fact spiking.
The problem went away when I switched to version 7.3 format from version 7 (change file->preferences->general->MAT-Files or I think add flag '-v7.3' to save). This led me to believe that the memory problems might have had something to do with the form of compression done in mat files in version 7.
However, this does not solve another problem associated with save and load which might also cause some issues (it does for me). MATLAB uses lazy copying to conserve memory, i.e. A = B does not make a new copy of B until some part of A is later changed, e.g. perhaps A(end) = 1. Mat files appear to forget about all of these memory-saving relations, increasing both the size of the save files as well as the space required in memory once the save file is loaded.
Hope this helps! Jared
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Bert
2011-10-18
Jesse Salazar
2015-1-17
Also worked for me. No issues thus far with the lazy copying. Bert, do you anticipate issues with data integrity? Or simply with redundancy/memory? For my purposes, as long as there is no issue with data integrity, I should be okay. Thanks for your post,
-J
Colin
2016-1-27
Great answer. I would have lost days without it! Thanks!
Céldor
2016-10-4
Thanks for this answer. I had the same error and adding '-v7.3' solved the problem. Before, I though the problem would be somewhere else as it suggests network or HDD problems.
I also believe adding more explanatory error would save everybody's time.
Scott Tuttle
2017-7-11
Many Thanks Jared! Using '-v7.3' on the save command fixed my case. I now made 7.3 the default in my preferences.
Rosalyn Putland
2018-1-17
Thanks this fix worked perfectly!
Hans Kramer
2018-9-18
Thanks man. Worked for me as well.
Manuel Lera Ramírez
2019-12-4
Hello Jared,
Thank you so much for your response. Allowed me to save some data it had taken me a while to analyse.
Mingli ZHU
2021-4-23
Tnanks, that helps
dain Yoon
2021-7-29
Thanks, that helps !!
Neil Arnold
2021-8-12
Caveat emptor! I have generated a similar problem when trying to append to an existing file using the '-struct' option. In this case the '-v7.3' solution doesn't work. Moreover when I've attempted to load the existing data into memory, add the new data to the structure and save in v7.3 the process still fails. I have no working solution. I've resorted to the brute force solution of saving separate files (as v7 BTW)..
Tiago Ávila
2021-12-10
This also works on Ubuntu 21.04 with big files! Was hoping the command window would hint at this since it's a common issue.
Berkin Birol
2022-1-28
编辑：Berkin Birol
2022-1-28
Thank you Jared for the answer, it saved me from a lot of work.
And thank you Bert for asking the question :)
Alejandro
2023-2-13
Thanks a lot! This was extremely useful! Solved the same problem by using this method!
Ankit Nag
2023-6-22
Is there any way to use -v7.3 and yet keep the file size reasonable. I am saving figures plotted from a large data set and faced this issue. I was able to solve it using v7.3 but I am trying to keep them at a manageable file size. Using -v7.3 seems to be doubling the figure's file size.
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Jonathan Pelham
2015-2-17
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I have had a similar error message. This is a very old q&a. Does anyone know if the answer is still valid?
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Ingo Schalk-Schupp
2015-7-21
For me, this also did the trick. I was saving using the -v6 switch, and I got the error reproducibly. After I removed it, the error did not occur any longer.
Zaki Mohzani
2016-9-7
0 个投票
Ran into this error today. That error message should be updated to reflect the new 'v7.3' option.
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Henrique Costa
2017-5-5
Now it is: save('myFile.mat','-v7.3','-nocompression');
Henrique Costa
2017-5-5
or, if you want compression : save('myFile.mat','-v7.3');
Adam Bruce
2020-11-18
编辑：Adam Bruce
2020-11-18
This still works on 2020a. Thanks!
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