IMREAD does not recognize image path

[Byron Harding]

Hello,

I have tried to load an image into Octave using:

I = imread ("path of image");

I get the following error messages:

error: imread: cannot find "path of image"

error: called from:

error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/image/private/__.m at line 56, column 5

error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/image/private/imageIO.m at line 66, column 26

error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/image/imread.m at line 107, column 30

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I have also tried:

IMAGE_PATH("path") with no success.

Help would be greatly appreciated! I am completely new to Octave.

Byron Harding