MATLAB Programming

6 Data Import and Export
For example, you can create an FTP object for the public MathWorks FTP
server with tmw=ftp('ftp.mathworks.com').
2 Perform the file operations using appropriate MATLAB FTP functions as
methods acting on the server object.
For example, you can display the file directories on the FTP server with
dir(tmw).
3 When you finish working on the server, close the connection object using
the close function.
For example, you can disconnect from the FTP server with close(tmw).
Example — Retrieving a File from an FTP Server
In this example, you retrieve the file pub/pentium/Moler_1.txt, which is on
the MathWorks FTP server. You can run this example; the FTP server and
content are valid.
1 Connect to the MathWorks FTP server using ftp. This creates the server
object tmw:
tmw=ftp('ftp.mathworks.com');
2 List the contents of the server using the dir FTP function, which operates
on the server object tmw:
dir(tmw)
3 Change to the pub directory by using the FTP cd function. As with all FTP
functions, you need to specify the server object you created using ftp as
part of the syntax. In this case, this is tmw:
cd(tmw,'pub');
The server object tmw represents the current directory on the FTP server,
which now is pub.
4 Now when you run
dir(tmw)
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