It sounds as if you are not in the directory you think you are or possibly you are attempting to save somewhere under the program files directory such as inside one of the matlab installation directories.
Save not saving mat file.
Parameters file name str or file like object.
If you have to have to save it in the program files folder then launch matlab as an administrator if you have the permissions by right click matlab icon and launch as admin.
Can also pass open file like object.
Save saves data to files mat by default not true in octave 4 files have no extension uisave includes user interface.
The save variables to version 7 3 mat file example on that page shows the exact syntax.
Navigate to some folder where you have write permissions desktop or some documents folder and try to save your file it should work fine.
If i try and use a back up file for quickens it says file must be saved when i try to save it i get c users bruce.
The files are saved in your current.
Check the contents of the file with the whos function.
Diary filename saves all the text input in the command window to a text file.
There are many ways to save to files in octave.
Name of the mat file mat extension not needed if appendmat true.
This saves the array objects in the given dictionary to a matlab style mat file.
Clear the workspace and load the contents of a single field.
Contact the administrator to obtain permission.
You must have permission to write to the file.
Save the fields of structure s1 as individual variables.
Save a dictionary of names and arrays into a matlab style mat file.
Hgsave saves figures to files fig by default.
Would you like to save in documents folder instead.
If filename does not include a full path matlab saves to the current folder.
If i try and save an excel file i get c users bruce documents book1 xlsx you don t have permission to save in this location.
Open the documentation for the save function using doc save.
Ms windows will not allow you to save inside of program files unless you are running with administrator permission.
Variables that cannot be saved to a script are saved to a mat file with the same name as that of the script.
If filename has no extension that is no period followed by text and the value of format is not specified then matlab appends mat.