Use Compiler to Deploy Code on Remote Unix Machine

I would like to deploy MATLAB code on a remote unix machine that reads an input file and outputs a few output files. This is my first time deploying. How do I accomplish this? For simplicity, main.m contains a function which takes 2 arguments: 1) an input filename and 2) the path of a directory for saving the output files. And say I have a helper file fcn.m.

What are the steps for building the deployed code and executing it for a given input filename and output directory path?

Answer 1

[OCDER]

To compile the code, use mcc in MATLAB. It'll include your fcn.m file IF that file is in the MATLAB path.

 >> mcc -m main.m 
 %This'll generate some files and one that's run_main.sh

Learn more about mcc here: https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler/mcc.html

Learn about dependency analysis here: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/dependency-analysis.html

To execute in the UNIX machine, you'll have to do something like this:

 UNIX/your_path]$  ./run_main.sh mcr_path input1 input2

 mcr_path = where the MATLAB Runtime library is in the Unix machine
 input1   = your main.m 1st input
 input2   = your main.m 2nd input

WARNING: you must compile the main.m code with the same OS and the same MATLAB Runtime Library version as what's on the UNIX machine. You can't compile in Windows and let it run in Unix. The workaround is to compile in Unix.

[Juan Ramirez]

Thank you for the answer! That's disappointing about compiling on the same platform :(

Maybe compiling for UNIX on a windows machine can be done within Cygwin.

[Walter Roberson]

mcc does not support using Cygwin as a toolchain.