Escape character for colon in matalb path in linux

Hello everybody, I would like to add to matlab path a path containing a colon (:), which is actually a separator between folder paths. I have tried \ as an escape character but didn't work. I would like to addpath('C:') in linux machine Thanks for the help

Answer 1

[Natch Ruengsakulrach]

Unlike Windows, Linux allows directory names with “:”. Having “:” in a directory name on the MATLAB search path is currently unsupported. I work for MathWorks and I have forwarded this to the appropriate team.

Answer 2

[Jonathan Ward]

Has there been any update on this issue? Any workarounds?

[Richard Crozier]

workarount on linux might be to create a soft link with a differrent name