script sh to run a matlab program

i have to run a matlab program in background on a remote server, using a bourne shell. i tried to figure out what i have to do on the web, but i still haven't managed to do it.

i tried with the script try.sh:

#!/bin/sh
matlab my_prog.m output &

with my_prog.m the test program:

ok_string='ok';
save('ok.mat','ok_string')

which are my errors?

Answer 1

[Daniel Shub]

I would change the script to be:

/full/path/to/matlab/binary/matlab -nodesktop -r my_prog

Note that the .m extension is left off the input script. Also, make sure you add

exit;

to the end of your m file. You also might want to hardcode the path in the m file.

[Walter Roberson]

Small correction: do not put on the .m file extension:

/full/path/to/matlab/binary/matlab -nodesktop -r my_prog

[Daniel Shub]

@Walter, thank you. Fixed.

[Francesco]

it worked, i forgot to add

exit

thank you all.