MATLAB: Mex -output option not recognized

Question

When trying to compile a c++ project using the following call to the mex function:

mex('-output my_program', '-DSOME_MACRO1', '-DSOME_MACRO2', '-I/usr/local/include', '-L/usr/local/lib', '-lsome_lib', src_files{:}, 'lib1.a', 'lib2.a')

where

src_files = {'file1.cpp', 'file2.cpp', 'file3.cpp'};

I get the error "Unknown MEX argument '-output my_program'." The compilation works fine without the '-output my_program' option and a file file1.mexmaci64 is created but I then have to manually rename it.

Why do I get an error with the -output option ?

Answer 1

Try splitting up the output argument, e.g.,

mex('-output','my_program',...etc