Problems using Matlab function eps2pdf - matlab

Question

I have a Matlab script where I produce a figure, and then create an eps file in my current directory using the command
print('myFile','-depsc'). Immediately following, I have: mypdf = eps2pdf('myFile').
I get the error message that 'Error while creating temporary eps file: ..... cannot be accessed or does not exist'.
Has anyone had a similar problem? Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong? I'm using Ubuntu and Matlab 2017a.
Here is an example code that I type into the command line. I get the error message which I stated above.
figure()
plot(linspace(1,100),linspace(1,100)) %Simple line
print('my_plot','-depsc') %Create eps file.
mypdf = eps2pdf('my_plot'); %Should produce mypdf in my current directory.
<error message prints>

Answer 1

This isn't a standard function. If you read the function you will see errStr that it returns for this.
function [ok,errStr] = read_epsfilecontent( epsFile )
% Reads the content of the eps file into epsFileContent
global epsFileContent
ok = 0;
errStr = [];
fh = fopen(epsFile,'r');
if fh == -1
errStr = ['File: ' epsFile ' cannot be accessed or does not exist'];
return
end
Then we figure out when fopen returns -1
fileID = fopen(filename) opens the file, filename, for binary read
access, and returns an integer file identifier equal to or greater
than 3. MATLAB® reserves file identifiers 0, 1, and 2 for standard
input, standard output (the screen), and standard error, respectively.
If fopen cannot open the file, then fileID is -1.
Which means please post some of your code so we can figure out why it cannot open your file.
Edit: After some work around and it wasn't necessary to download the code this is how I solved your problem. There is another implementation called eps2xxx
While running your code I received this error
Error while creating temporary eps file: *.eps - File:
C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\MATLAB*.eps cannot be accessed or does not
exist
Which lead me to the information in the documentation here.
% Create tmp file,...
[ok,errStr] = create_tmpepsfile(source,tmpFile,orientation);
if ~ok
status = ['Error while creating temporary eps file: ' epsFile ' - ' errStr];
if nargout, result = 1; end;
if nargout > 1, msg = status; else, disp(status); end;
And I read you needed GhostScript, I wasn't sure if I had this anyways. I downloaded it and gave the full pathway to GS like the following.
figure()
fullgspath = 'C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.23\bin\gswin64c.exe';
plot(linspace(1,100),linspace(1,100)); %Simple line
print('my_plot','-depsc');
eps2xxx('my_plot.eps',{'pdf'},fullgspath);
which created your nice little pdf here.