Error: Cannot create output file

In a matlab script printing multiple figures, I am trying to save as each figure as a .png image. I am doing so by using the print function. When testing the print function, I get the following:
>> print('newfile','-dpng')
Error using name (line 102)
Cannot create output file '.\newfile.png'.
Error in print (line 200) pj = name( pj );
Could anyone tell me how to fix this?
Thanks a lot.

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Jan
Jan 2018-1-23

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The error message means, that the file "newfile.png" cannot be created in the current folder. Either this file is existing already, but write-protected or in use. Or you do not have write permissions in the current folder.
Prefer to define file names including the complete path, because you cannot control if a timer or GUI callback uses cd to change the current folder. Relying on the current folder to be, where it is expected, is not reliable.

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Thanks a lot! With the complete path it is working. I have a follow-up question: is it possible to include in the filename a variable. Say, I print 10 graphs iteratively and want each graph to be called 1, 2, 3, etc. How do I do this? Is it possible with the num2str function?
Yes you can use num2str and concatenation, but it is usually better to use sprintf and fullfile()
for k = 1:10
file = fullfile(folder, sprintf('File%03d.jpg', k));
disp(file);
end

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