HTCondorWiki: How To Run Matlab

 
 *: *Install MATLAB on each computer that may run a MATLAB Condor job.*
 
-_:If you install Matlab locally on each computer, it is recommended to place Matlab in the same location on each computer.  That way individual jobs can easily find it.  If Matlab will be in different locations on each computer, you can set up {link:http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/3_3Configuration.html#param:SubsysAttrs STARTD_ATTRS} to advertise the correct location, then the job can use a {link:http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/condor_submit.html#73792 $$} expression to find it.  For example, your configuration file might say:
+_:If you install MATLAB locally on each computer, we recommend placing MATLAB in the _same location_ on each computer.  That way individual jobs can easily find it. Here is a portion of a user's submit description file:
+
+{code}
+executable = my_task
+arguments = $$(MATLAB_PATH)
+transfer_input_files= my_task.m
+queue
+{endcode}
+
+_:where =my_task= would then be a script that did something like this:
+
+{code}
+#! /bin/sh
+exec /opt/matlab/bin/matlab -nodisplay ./my_task.m
+{endcode}
+
+_:If MATLAB will be in _different locations_ on each computer,
+use the configuration variable {link:http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/3_3Configuration.html#param:SubsysAttrs STARTD_ATTRS} in the local configuration file of each machine to advertise the correct location. Then, the job can use a {link:http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/condor_submit.html#73792 $$} expression to find the executable.  For example, the local configuration file might say:
 
 {code}
 MATLAB_PATH  = /opt/matlab/bin
 STARTD_ATTRS = MATLAB_PATH
 {endcode}
 
-_:A user might specify in their submit file (simplified):
+_:A portion of a user's submit description file:
 
 {code}
 executable = my_task
@@ -41,14 +58,14 @@
 queue
 {endcode}
 
-_:my_task would then be a script that did something like this:
+_:where =my_task= would then be a script that did something like this:
 
 {code}
 #! /bin/sh
 exec "$1"/matlab -nodisplay ./my_task.m
 {endcode}
 
-_:Similar scripts would work on Windows.
+_:The batch scripts for Windows platforms are similar.
 
 *: *Install MATLAB on a shared file system, such that it is accessible by each computer that may run a MATLAB Condor job.*