"Access is denied." Error

I am running a script where I'm trying to create a directory if the directory doesn't already exist. The relevant section of my script

if exist(input_all_daily{1}.all_plots_location,'dir') == 0
    mkdir(input_all_daily{1}.all_plots_location)
else
end

Sometimes, when I run this script, I get an "Access is denied." error that references the mkdir line. When I rerun the script without making any changes, the "Access is denied." is no longer generated. I have no idea what do to about this error. Can someone please help?

Answer 1

[Prateekshya]

Hi Allen,

As per my understanding you are getting "Access is denied" error. Please execute the below:

Implement a "try-catch" block around your code to catch the error and display more information. This might give you more insight into why the error occurs.

try
    if exist(input_all_daily{1}.all_plots_location,'dir') == 0
        mkdir(input_all_daily{1}.all_plots_location)
    end
catch ME
    fprintf('Failed to create directory: %s\n', input_all_daily{1}.all_plots_location);
    disp(getReport(ME));
end

This can help identify if the problem is consistently reproducible or if it provides any additional details on the error.

Please let me know if you have any further queries.

I hope this helps.

Thank you.