Attach multiple terminals to a MATLAB workspace

I use the linux terminal for most of my work. What I'd like to be able to do is connect several instances of

matlab -nodesktop

to the same workspace in MATLAB. I'd like to be able to have access to the same data from several terminals.

Is this even possible?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

No, that is not possible.

[Walter Roberson]

You could have a MATLAB session that acted as a TCP server, and which was sent requests that it served.

If you were using MS Windows then it would also be possible to use MATLAB as an automation server; such servers share workspace. This involves ActiveX so it will not work on Linux or Mac.

On all OS, you could use the MATLAB Engine API; https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/introducing-matlab-engine.html. On Unix this uses pipes, which implies that the engine is not shared.