Why does the CD command not work in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) on MacOS 10.3.5?

I configured my Macintosh to automount some NFS mount points into a common directory location called "home" at the root of the filesystem "/", i.e.

 /home/mount_point_name/mount_point_location_1

 /home/mount_point_name/mount_point_location_2

 ...

 /home/mount_point_name/mount_point_location_n

I upgraded to MacOS X 10.3.5 along with the latest security update. When I use the CD command in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) to change to a directory that exists as a sub-directory within my present working directory, "/home/mount_point_name/" using:

cd mount_point_location_1

I receive the following error:

 ??? Error using ==> cd

 Cannot CD to mount_point_location_1 (Name is nonexistent or not a directory).

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

We have verified that there is a bug in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) that affects the way that the CD function handles NFS mounted volumes that contain "/private" in the pathname.

As a workaround, create a soft link, otherwise known as a symbolic link, to the directory:

 sudo ln -s /automount/static/mydirectory /automount/mydirectory

For more detail on how to create a symbolic link, please refer to the documentation for your operating system.