MATLAB: How to cancel execution of second matlab script, when started 2 scripts in a row

stopping matlab script

Here's a problem I had for several years now, and never found an easy solution for it.
I have two matlab scripts, say script1.m and script2.m. These are both scripts which take several hours of calculation. I ran script1.m and waited for a couple of hours. Next (while script1.m was still executing) I accidently pressed the "Run" button for script2.m in the same matlab window. script2.m starts with "close all; clear all;" and hence all my results will be erased when script2.m starts, which is like 1 millisecond after the completion of script1.m. Is there a way to prevent matlab from executing script2.m (without changing my programming style)?
I could ofcourse modify script2.m and put the command "return" on its first line and save it, but I would love to know if there's a more elegant way of doing this (without changing my programming style)?

Best Answer

What about adding to the end of script 1:
save
!matlab -r load matlab.mat &
exit
It will save your workspace, launch a new MATLAB which will automatically load your workspace, and then quit the current MATLAB.
It is ugly, but you will not have to adjust your programming style.
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