From the error message - "The system cannot find the path specified.", it seems to be a path issue.
Also, from "I can find the results.xlsx file in the folder files.", I assume that the file to be copied is present in the folder.
You can try these troubleshooting steps -
- Verify Paths: Ensure that both sourcefile and destinationfile paths are correct. You can do this by printing them out before the copyfile command:
disp(sourcefile);
disp(destinationfile);
- Check Current Directory: Make sure that the current directory (pwd) is what you expect it to be. Sometimes, the script might be running in a different directory than you think.
- Existence of Source File: Confirm that the results.xlsx file actually exists in the directory returned by pwd.
if exist(sourcefile, 'file') ~= 2
error('Source file does not exist.');
end
- Permissions: Ensure that you have the necessary permissions to read from the source directory and write to the destination directory.
- Create Destination Directory: If the destination directory does not exist, you might need to create it before copying the file.
- Add the files and folders involved to the MATLAB search path before copying.
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