Function Running in the Background
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Jordi Riba
on 21 Aug 2012
Commented: Scott Feltman
on 16 Jul 2019
Hello, I have a function which is constantly updating my folder with data from our network, however, when I run it I loose control of my command window, since I cannot input any other order. I can open another Matlab and then can keep working while my data is being updated, but this is not the correct way. Any ideas? Later on I will build a GUI to operate the whole thing, but at the moment I have to do everything by calling m-files and input names throught the command window. Thanks in advance. Jordi
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Titus Edelhofer
on 21 Aug 2012
Hi,
usually such things can be done using the function
timer
You might think of timer as an "interrupt" called periodically by MATLAB.
Titus
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Scott Feltman
on 16 Jul 2019
Do you think you can clarify how the timer function is used? I have a similar scenario happening where I need a process to run in the background while the other code runs in the same window.
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