Re: Matlab File Format

[Daniel Heiserer]

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> 
> Hello;
> 
>     I had a small experience with the Matlab file API, I was able to run
> some of the simple examples and produce a Matlab save file. One question
> that dogged me, was whether it is possible to run the Matlab file API on
> a machine that does not have Matlab already installed.  I was not able
> to find documentation that confirmed or denied this...

No matlab needn't be installed.
It is just a library which itself is NOT licensed.
Of course the library should be available for the 
platform you work on.


> 
>     It is my guess that if you can somehow statically link your code
> against Malab, then you can produce code that will run on a machine that
> does not have Matlab installed.  I run Matlab on University owned W95
> machines and run Octave on my own Linux-only box.  Since I don't own a
> copy of Matlab for Linux,  the idea of using the Matlab API did not work
> for me.
>                                                 Jonathan Hill
> 
> > Here's how it works: (from my oct 1997 post here)
> > (some directory locations have changed since then!)
> >
> > ftp.mathworks.com/pub/tech-support/library/matlab5/bin/readmemat.txt
> >
> > Basically, it's a "free" library with appropriate functions to
> > manipulate .mat files. You get the *.h and *.so files...
> 
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