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Under Unix/Linux, you can run matlab without GUI,which always is so usefully for me.

For me, I run Matlab programs for long time in a remote server. If a Matlab  GUI is opened ,I can’t disconnect the remote server. But when I run Matlab without GUI, I can do it with screen command.

Here is a example:

cunzhang@node31:~$ screen -S a

Then enter a visual terminal

cunzhang@node31:~$matlab -nodisplay -r  myprogram

Now you can disconnect your remote server.If you want to see whether your program is done, just run command

cunzhang@node31:~$ screen -r a

For more information, please see:

1. GNU screen’s homepage

2. http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Using_screen

3. http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Gnu/screen-3.9.4/html_chapter/screen_toc.html

4. matlab function reference