Installation Guide for Windows

MATLAB Folder Structure

MATLAB Installation Folder Structure

After installation, your MATLAB installation folder contains

• A text file, named license.txt, which contains the MathWorks software license agreement
• A file named pathdef.old containing your old path definitions.
• A shortcut to the MATLAB executable
• The folders listed below

Note    Your installation may not include all the folders listed and may include folders not included in this list.

\BIN\WIN32	The MATLAB executable and associated files
\DEMOS	MATLAB demonstration programs
\EXTERN	Tools for building external interfaces to MATLAB
\FLEXLM	The FLEXlm license manager and license management utilities (network installations only)
\HELP	Help system
\JA	MATLAB internationalization files
\JAVA	MATLAB Java Jar files
\NOTEBOOK	MATLAB Notebook
\SYS	Tools and operating system libraries that MATLAB depends on
\TOOLBOX	The MathWorks toolboxes
\UNINSTALL	The MATLAB Uninstaller program
\WORK	Default initial current folder

MATLAB Folders

The section provides information about some of the folders and their contents.

MATLAB\BIN\WIN32

LICENSE.DAT	Processed License File on client systems
MATLAB.EXE	The MATLAB executable file
*.DLL, *.EXE, *.BAT	Miscellaneous files

MATLAB\EXTERN

\EXAMPLES	Examples of using the C and Fortran application program interfaces
\INCLUDE	Header files for the External Interface library
\LIB	Libraries required for compilers
\SRC	C source files for inclusion in MEX building

MATLAB\SYS\GHOSTSCRIPT

\BIN	The GhostScript binary
\FONTS	GhostScript versions of PostScript fonts
\PS_FILES	PostScript initialization and configuration files

MATLAB\SYS\PERL\WIN32

The full ActiveState Perl distribution

MATLAB\TOOLBOX\LOCAL

Local environment M-files

MATLAB\TOOLBOX\MATLAB

\AUDIOVIDEO	MATLAB Audio/Video commands
\CODETOOLS	Utilities such as the mlint command
\DATAFUN	Data analysis and Fourier transform functions
\DATATYPES	Data types and structures
\DEMOS	Demonstrations and samples
\ELFUN	Elementary math functions
\ELMAT	Elementary matrices and matrix manipulation
\FUNFUN	Function functions - nonlinear numerical methods
\GENERAL	General purpose commands
\GRAPH2D	Two-dimensional graphs
\GRAPH3D	Three-dimensional graphs
\GRAPHICS	General-purpose graphics commands
\IOFUN	Low-level file I/O functions
\LANG	Language constructs and debugging
\MATFUN	Matrix functions - numerical linear algebra
\OPS	Operators and special characters
\POLYFUN	Polynomial and interpolation functions
\SPARFUN	Sparse matrix functions
\SPECFUN	Specialized math functions
\SPECGRAPH	Specialized graphs
\STRFUN	Character string functions
\TIMEFUN	Time, date, and calendar functions
\UITOOLS	User interface utilities
\VERCTRL	Version control functions
\WINFUN	Window functions

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