Running a script from a Linux terminal using "matlab -r"

Hi!

I want to run a script from the terminal inside my Linux operating system. I successfully do so using

matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r "myfunction(arg1,agr2...,argN)"

but then the program quits because it runs into a line inside a second function that is called by myfunction which is

mkdir

The error says

Permission denied

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

[Jan]

The error message means, that you try to create a folder inside a path, in which you do not have write access. The solution is easy: Choose the correct parent folder for mkdir, e.g.

mkdir('~/yourfolder')

or any otehr location. With just

mkdir('yourfolder')

the current folder is used, and this might not be what you expect it to do. Most of all it can differ from the startup folders, which is active, when you start the Matlab GUI.