How to prevent "system" to block the MATLAB command line when executing a script on a Raspberry Pi?

I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B with the latest OS installed and it is connected to MATLAB.

On the Raspberry Pi, I have a Python script that acquires data from sensors connected to the Raspberry Pi, the acquisition is expected to take a couple of minutes.

I would like to start the script from the MATLAB command line with the "system" function, but I do not want it to block the MATLAB command line.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

To prevent the call to the "system" function, please consider redirecting the output stream of your script to /dev/null by using the following command:

>> r = raspi();
>> system(r,'python YourPythonScript.py > /dev/null 2>&1 &')