mdfFinalize

Finalize MDF file by ASAM standards

Since R2021b

Syntax

mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile)

mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile,FinalizedMDFFile)

finalizedPath = mdfFinalize(___)

Description

mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile) sorts and finalizes the specified MDF file according to ASAM standards, and overwrites the original file.

mdfFinalize(UnfinalizedMDFFile,FinalizedMDFFile) creates a sorted, finalized copy of the MDF file with the specified name, FinalizedMDFFile.

finalizedPath = mdfFinalize(___) returns an output argument, finalizedPath, indicating the full path to the sorted, finalized file, including the file name.

Examples

Finalize an MDF File in Place

Finalize an MDF file, overwriting the original.

finalizedPath = mdfFinalize('MDFFile.mf4');
mdfObj = mdf(finalizedPath);

Finalize an MDF File into a Copy

Finalize an MDF file, creating a separate copy from the original.

finalizedPath = mdfFinalize('UnfinalizedMDFFile.mf4','FinalizedMDFFile.mf4');
mdfObj = mdf(finalizedPath);

Input Arguments

UnfinalizedMDFFile — Original unfinalized MDF file

string | char

Original unfinalized MDF file, specified as a string or character vector. Full and relative path names are allowed.

Depending on the location you are accessing, mdfFileName can take one of these forms.

Location	Form
Current folder or MATLAB® path	To access a file in the current folder or MATLAB path, specify the name of the file in filename, including the file extension. Example: "myMdfFile.mf4"
Other folders	To access a file in a folder other than the current folder, specify the full or relative path name in filename. Example: "C:\myFolder\myMdfFile.mf4" Example: "\dataDir\myMdfFile.mf4"
Remote locations	To access a file in a remote location, filename must contain the full path of the file specified as a uniform resource locator (URL) of the form: scheme://path_to_file/myMdfFile.mf4 Based on the remote location, scheme can be one of the values in this table. Remote Location scheme Amazon S3™ s3 Windows Azure® Blob Storage wasb, wasbs HDFS™ hdfs For more information, see Work with Remote Data. Example: "s3://bucketname/path_to_file/myMdfFile.mf4"

Example: 'UnfinalizedMDFFile.mf4'

Data Types: char | string

FinalizedMDFFile — New finalized copy of MDF file

string | char

New finalized copy of MDF file, specified as a string or character vector. Full and relative path names are allowed.

Example: 'FinalizedMDFFile.mf4'

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

finalizedPath — Path to finalized file

char

Full path to finalized file, returned as a character vector. The path includes the file name.

Version History

Introduced in R2021b

R2023a: Support for Remote File URLs

You can directly access MDF file data stored at remote locations, including Amazon S3, Azure^® Blob Storage, and HDFS.