MATLAB: Calls to system() do not return, they leave me at shell prompt. Linux 2010b

Good day.

I'm having a few issues with my setup of MATLAB. I'll start with one per thread.

My most important issue at the moment is when "system('foo') is called, instead of returning to >> after the call is done, I'm stuck in the shell.

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>>system('ls') %newline BASH$ < nothing happens > %newline BASH$ exit

file1 file2 file2

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I am using code from another party which relies on the use of system() and I'm stuck with it.

Can someone please shed some light on this problem.

Cheers

UPDATE: I tried 'copyfile()' which must call cp under the hood. This also hangs and waits for 'exit', with the same behaviour as the above.