rmpath does not remove folders on path

>> rmpath('/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1/');

Warning: "/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1" not found in path.

> In rmpath>doRemoveFromPath (line 102)

In rmpath (line 59)

>> rmpath('/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1');

Warning: "/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1" not found in path.

> In rmpath>doRemoveFromPath (line 102)

In rmpath (line 59)

>> doc rmpath

>> path

MATLABPATH %%% matlabCP1 manifestly remains on path

/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/turbulence/CP1

/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1/io

/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1/models

/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1/models/skyrmions

/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1/models/velocity

Answer 1

[Matt J]

No, as you have been warned "/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1" is not on your Matlab path. Several of its subfolders are on your path, but that's not the same.

Perhaps you intended to do,

rmpath ( genpath( "/Users/siggia/Dropbox @RU Dropbox/Eric Siggia/Desktop/claude/matlabCP1") )

[Eric]

This solves problem, first generate parent directory and then rmpath will remove it AND all subdirectories

[Matt J]

I'm glad, but please Accept-click the answer to indicate that it worked.