How to run automatically an .m code everyday in a specified time

Hi folks,

I have a specific .m function which should be called in MATLAB command window every day in a specified time, but I am wondering whether there is a way to do that?

as a background information, I run MATLAB on MAC OS X.

Answer 1

[Thomas]

Since you are on a mac you need to setup a cron job to run daily.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2001020700163714

Your command could be something like

 matlab -r your_mfile;quit

or

 path/to/matlab -r path/to/mfile;quit

if you do not have the path to MATLAB setup and the m file is not on you matlab path.

You may also want the -nodesktop and -nosplash startup options.

OR

You could keep MALTAB running execute as shown in the following link http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/259469.

I would personally go for the cron job since I donot need to MATLAB runnign all the time..

[Vahid]

Thanks for the solution! I used the Cronnix to do my task, but the problem is that when I set command to: path/to/matlab it prefectly starts MATLAB, but when I use path/to/matlab -r path/to/mfile;quit nothing happens even the MATLAB does not start! is there any point that I don't take into account properly?

[Thomas]

Is the m file on your matlab path? It makes it a lot easier if you do not have to specify the path but should work.. please add it Users/YOURNAMEHERE/Documents/MATLAB directory which should be on the path and run the following from the terminal..

 /Applications/MATLAB_R2011a.app/bin/matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r youmfilenamewithoutextension

Does it work now? if so then you can add this to your cron

It must work from the terminal..

[Vahid]

the m file is not located in the MATLAB path. I opened the MATLAB from terminal:

/Applications/MATLAB_R2010bSP1.app/bin/matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r myfunction

but I recieved the following error:

   Undefined function or variable 'myfunction'.

what should I do now?