User`s guide

dir
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14dir
Purpose List contents of current directory on target PC
Syntax MATLAB command line
dir(file_obj)
Arguments
Description Method of xpctarget.fsbase, xpctarget.ftp, and xpctarget.fs objects.
From the host PC, lists the contents of the current directory on the target PC.
To get the results in an M-by-1 structure, use a syntax like
ans=dir(file_obj). This syntax returns a structure like the following:
ans =
1x5 struct array with fields:
name
date
time
bytes
isdir
where
•
name — Name of an object in the directory, shown as a cell array. The name,
stored in the first element of the cell array, can have up to eight characters.
The three-character file extension is stored in the second element of the cell
array.
•
date — Date of the last save of that object
•
time — Time of the last save of that object
•
bytes — Size in bytes of that object
•
isdir — Logical value indicating that the object is (1) or is not (0) a directory
Examples List the contents of the current directory for the file system object fsys. You
can also list the contents of the current directory for the FTP object
f.
dir(fsys) or dir(f)
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file_obj
Name of the xpctarget.ftp or xpctarget.fs
object.