#!/bin/bash
#Launch matlab and run a single command, returning an exit code of 1 if there's an error.
#
#For example, if you had a matlab command:
#mungeData('infile.mat', 'outfile.mat')
#
#then with this script you can do
#./runmatlab mungeData('infile.mat', 'outfile.mat')
#
#from the shell, or a makefile.
#
#Peter Meilstrup

status=`mktemp -t matlab.status`
#escape single quotes
args=${@//\'/\'\'}

$(which matlab) -nodesktop -nosplash -maci <<EOF
try
    cd('$(pwd)');
    eval('${args}');
catch e
    system('echo 1 > $status');
    fprintf(2,'%s',evalc('disp e'));
    exit();
end
system('echo 0 > $status');
exit();
EOF

exit `cat $status`