Can I change the location of the command history to a shared directory so that I can see the same history from multiple machines?

I keep my MATLAB code on a NAS so I can see it from anywhere. I'd like to keep my command history on the NAS so that MATLAB would see (and update) the same history file from whatever machine I'm working from. I can find History.bak and History.xml using prefdir, but I don't see how to move them and then direct MATLAB to look in a new place

Answer 1

[Mudambi Srivatsa]

The location of the command history files cannot be modified. As a workaround, you can manually copy the command history file from 'predir' to shared location, maybe in finish.m script at the end of MATLAB session. When you start a new session on a different machine, you can copy the file from shared location to 'prefdir' in a startup.m script. You need these startup and finish scripts on all systems where MATLAB is run.

[Ken Davis]

This is an adequate workaround. TMW should consider making the location of history.xml be user-settable.