MATLAB Programming

Exchanging Files over the Internet
loadFileList.do?objectType=fileexchange&orderBy=date&srt3=0');
% The strfind function searches for the word "Simulink".
hits = strfind(recentFile,'Simulink');
% The if statement checks for any hits.
if ~isempty(hits)
% If there are hits, the Web page will be saved locally
% using the urlwrite function.
urlwrite('http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/
loadFileList.do?objectType=fileexchange&orderBy=date&srt3=0',
'contains_simulink.html');
% The zip function creates a zip archive of the retrieved web
page.
zip('simulink_matches.zip','contains_simulink.html');
% The setpref function supplies your e-mail address and SMTP
% server address to MATLAB.
setpref('Internet','SMTP_Server','mail.server.network');
setpref('Internet', 'E_mail', 'youraddress@yourserver.com');
% The sendmail function sends an e-mail with the zip archive of
the
% retrieved Web page attached.
sendmail('youraddress@yourserver.com', 'New Simulink Files
Found', 'New Simulink files uploaded to MATLAB Central. See
attached zip archive.', 'simulink_matches.zip');
end;
Performing FTP File Operations
From within MATLAB, you can connect to an FTP server to perform remote
file operations. The following procedure uses a public MathWorks FTP server
(ftp.mathworks.com). To perform any file operation on an FTP server, follow
these steps:
1 Connect to the server using the ftp function.
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