help using batch command

I am having difficulty using the batch command, it returns errors no matter how simple a script or function I give it. For instance, I offer it a script containing nothing but

clear, clc, close all

and the error I get says the data is too large to be saved. Similarly I offer it an empty function with nothing but:

function emptyFunction
end

and the error I get says there are too many output arguments. Anyone have any ideas about what's going on?

[Aarti Ghatkesar]

Hi Andrew

I created a script with just the statements 'clc; clear; close all' , named it as 'myscript.m , executed 'j=batch('myscript')' and it worked fine in MATLAB R2015a. Similarly, the empty function as argument did not give any issues. What is the version of MATLAB that you are using? Also, please post screenshots of the error messages obtained.