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I was using MATLAB and had many unsaved files in the editor.Now on compilation of one of the file,MATLAB stopped responding.I am using ubuntu and do not want to force close the application as I would lose all of my unsaved files.Is there any way,I can recover my unsaved files.I still have MATLAB open in the hanged state.

Itamar Katz
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  • The only thing that comes to mind is a memory dump. The contents of those files have got to be in there, you might have to dig through gigabytes however... see [this answer on ServerFault](http://serverfault.com/a/408929) for how to dump all writable memory of a process on linux. – Siguza Jun 24 '15 at 19:33
  • Is there any chance you did not turn off the `autosave` option? If it's on, these files should be in the folder defined for auto-saving. – Itamar Katz Jun 24 '15 at 20:45
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    There should at least be temp backups of the files in the same directories. Are there any files whose names end in `~`? For instance, `foobar.m~`. – AnonSubmitter85 Jun 24 '15 at 20:46
  • @AnonSubmitter85 No i did not save the files even once.So they were all untitled and no I cant find any file ending with `~`.I am looking in the folder where I normally save files,in Documents.Should I be looking somewhere else? –  Jun 24 '15 at 20:54
  • @ItamarKatz No I did not turn it off.But I did not even save the files even once so all of them are untitled.Do you know where the autosave folder would be in ubuntu? –  Jun 24 '15 at 20:55
  • Maltab says that you can [save untitled files, that is, new files that you have not yet saved and are therefore untitled](http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/automatically-save-backup-m-files-with-the-matlab-editor.html?nocookie=true). I'd suggest opening up a new instance of matlab and seeing what you have in the autosave preferences. Perhaps the default location will be in there. I just looked at my autosave preferences and I don't have the "Save untitled files" box checked, so it' might not be enabled by default. – AnonSubmitter85 Jun 24 '15 at 20:58
  • I'd also guess that if it did save them, that it would be in the PWD. But you might want to check `~/.matlab` too. – AnonSubmitter85 Jun 24 '15 at 21:00
  • No,its unchecked for me too. –  Jun 24 '15 at 21:02
  • @AnonSubmitter85 No they are not there.I think the files are gone for good now. –  Jun 24 '15 at 21:06
  • Sorry, man. Perhaps a core dump would be worth it. Perhaps not. Either way, good luck. – AnonSubmitter85 Jun 24 '15 at 21:11

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I know the questioner reached a logical conclusion to his question through the comments, I would still like to point everyone (using Windows) to a place where this question has been answered: .asv files in matlab

A little while back I was in a similar situation where a google search landed me on this question but not on the one which I have pasted above, which would have been much more helpful and less stressful for my heart! Hope this helps others.

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