How to access windows relative paths (e.g. %userprofile%) in matlab?

Question

I'd like to get a relative path in matlab (eg 'C:/Users/thisuser/THATFOLDER'). I read on unix machines you may use ~, however I'm working on a windows system.

Is there a workaround? Appreciated

Answer 1

You can get the full path by using the function system :

For example

[~,cmdout] = system('echo %APPDATA%')

Should give you the full appdata path.

Answer 2

You can get general windows env settings using:

userFolder = getenv ( 'userprofile' )

so to get THATFOLDER use:

fullfile ( userFolder, 'THATFOLDER' )

In one line:

fullfile ( getenv ( 'userprofile' ), 'THATFOLDER' );