Matlab system() shell is wrong

Why does Matlab use /opt/local/bin/bash instead of /bin/bash for system()?

Can I change this permanently?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Please see the Algorithm section of unix() as the same algorithm is used for system()

[Randall Lin]

So my MATLAB_SHELL variable was somehow set to something else?

[Walter Roberson]

Possibly. You could examine the "matlab" shell script to see what it sets up for you, and you could examine your startup.m