How to properly save workspace?

Hi,

after running my script I have all my variables in the workspace. I saved the workspace in a .mat file (using the save workspace option), unfortunately when I open it later on I always get the message " the file is corrupted". Could it happen because the file is too big? In case how to properly save large workspace?

thanks a lot.

[Geoff Hayes]

Michele - does your workspace contain a lot of data? How large is the file after the save? Can you save and load smaller sized files?

[MICHELE]

I don't know how large is the file, but I assumed it is quite big because there are several matrices (1000x35040). It would be important for me to save it entirely, because it takes a while for running the simulation, therefore it would be easier.

[Geoff Hayes]

Try saving the data with the '-v7.3' flag. For example,

 A = rand(5);
 B = magic(10);
 save('example.mat','A','B','-v7.3')

According to save, this flag/switch has Version 7.0 features, plus support for data items greater than or equal to 2 GB on 64-bit systems.