createJob() command resulting in "Out of memory" error.

Hello,

Lately, when I try to create a parallel jobs, as soon as the command createJob() is executed, the memory consumption of MATLAB starts to rise, until I get "Out of memory" error. This is BEFORE I pass any task to the job and submit it. I also get the following Warning:

Warning: File not found or permission denied 
> In distcomp.abstractjob.pSetFileDependencies>iZipFiles at 94
In distcomp.abstractjob.pSetFileDependencies at 42
In distcomp.configurableobject.pSetPropertyAndConfiguration at 21
In distcomp.abstractjob.pSetFileDependencies>iPostConstructionSetFileDependencies at 65
In distcomp.abstractdataentity.pFinalizeConstruction at 21
In distcomp.abstractscheduler.pCreateJob at 29
In distcomp.abstractscheduler.createJob at 48
In distcomp\private\generalCreateJob at 35
In createJob at 48
In test_gauss_par3 at 1

It seems that there might be a problem with dependencies? I did check the paths in Parallel Configurations settings - they are correct. What could cause this?

Thanks for any help, Rashid

[Jason Ross]

What release are you working with? When you mention the paths in the Parallel Configuration settings, are you referring to the AttachedFiles? If so, how large are the directories and/or files you are attaching?

[Rashid]

I have MATLAB 7.12.0 (R2011a) I was referring to FileDependencies and PathDependencies ("Jobs" Tab in Local Scheduler Configuration Properties). Thanks for the comment, it pointed me in right direction I think. The directories were quite large, >10GB cause they had some data files inside. I would never think that by simply referencing them, they would be loaded into the memory but that seemed to be the case. I now have put the functions which I want to reference into separate directory which I reference, which seems to solve my problem.

[Jason Ross]

Good to hear!