.bat problem using system() or dos()

so...

>> dos('example.bat')

launches code that interrupts a function until example.bat is "quit"

>

you can manually enter commands on the command line however I cant manage to enter additional commands from a function if you manually enter

>quit

then this is returned

>>

and the function will continue to execute from function.m I need to be able to enter commands like "quit" into the .bat from my function

help?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

fid = fopen('example.bat','wt');
fprintf(fid, 'first command\n');
fprintf(fid, 'second command\n');
fprintf(fid, 'quit\n');
fclose(fid);