Parallel pool error, automatically clear jobstoragelocation

Hi all, my question is a follow up on the solution posted here:

https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/166139-can-t-do-parallel-computing

In summary I am in a similar position of using parallel pools on a HPC cluster. I am able to use parallel pools after deleting the \.matlab folder in my home directory. This is rather limiting however, as I need to run many jobs often, and concurrently. This would require me to clear the directory every time a new job is run, otherwise parallel pools will not start. Is there a way to automate this process? or perhaps not need it in the first place? If I cleared/deleted \.matlab while a another parallel pool job is running, will it be affected?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

I'm not very skilled in PBS/Slurm commands so forgive me if there's an easy way to do this in the job script.

Key phrase for future: "failed to locate and destroy old interactive jobs"

Answer 1

[Raymond Norris]

Look at my answer here for an option: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1440039-how-to-prevent-parpool-error#answer_773734

[Jiawei Tan]

Ah thanks, I didn't see this thread in my search!