Open Separate Matlab window to run in background

Hi,

I'm currently running a program which models cyclone-induced surges. As I am running thousands of these cyclones I have created a script which sets up and runs the program using the dos command. The output files from this program are quite large so I have another script which extracts the data I need, and saves it to a .mat file. It then deletes the original output files as these are quite large. I run this script by opening a second matlab window using dos(['matlab -r ...etc.

The problem is that the loop I have which runs the cyclones 1:370000 waits for the second matlab window to finish running the script and exit before continuing.

What I want is for the loop to continue with the second matlab window running in the background.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Grzegorz Knor]

On linux systems, just add & (ampersand) at the end of the line.

I know that on windows systems it can be done, but unfortunately now I do not have access to any windows with matlab.

[per isakson]

It's the same in Windows; add "&" at the end of the command string.

Answer 1

[per isakson]

See the answer:

Is it a good idea to run Matlab in the "background" as a local out-of-process COM server?

[Leigh]

Thanks for your help, I am running on windows :( Will try to read more into it.