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update mathworksservicehost protocol KUL
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26 changes: 23 additions & 3 deletions source/compute/portal/ondemand/matlab.rst
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.. tab-item:: KU Leuven/UHasselt
:sync: kuluh

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MATLAB automatically generates several hidden folders in your ``$VSC_HOME``,
including the folder ``.MathWorks``, which can become quite big over time. To
prevent ``$VSC_HOME`` from filling up, we recommend creating symlinks to
redirect this folder to your ``$VSC_DATA`` directory. If this folder already
exists, you can safely delete it. Execute the following commands to accomplish this:

.. code-block:: bash

rm -rv ~/.MathWorks
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Perhaps rm -rf ~/.MathWorks, instead?

mkdir -pv $VSC_DATA/.MathWorks
ln -sv $VSC_DATA/.MathWorks ~/.MathWorks

In case you're trying this on a login node and you previously ran Matlab
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Maybe start like this: Please refrain from running MATLAB on the login nodes; but, in case you had opened MATLAB on the login nodes, you might ...

on that login node, you might have to kill any existing MathWorksServiceHost
processes running there:

.. code-block:: bash

# look for the PID of the MathWorksServiceHost process
ps aux | grep MathWorksServiceHost
kill <process_id>


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:sync: vub
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including the folder ``.MathWorks``, which can become quite big over time. To
prevent ``$VSC_HOME`` from filling up, we recommend creating symlinks to
redirect this folder to your ``$VSC_DATA`` directory. If this folder already
exists, you can safely delete it. Execute the following commands to automate the
process:
exists, you can safely delete it. Execute the following commands to accomplish this:

.. code-block:: bash

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