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+function closeSlave(Parallel),
+% In a parallelc context, this utility closes all remote matlab instances
+% called by masteParallelMan (which leaves open remote matlab instances)
+
+delete( 'slaveParallel_input*.mat');
+for indPC=1:length(Parallel),
+    if Parallel(indPC).Local==0,
+        if isunix || (~matlab_ver_less_than('7.4') && ismac),
+            system(['ssh ',Parallel(indPC).user,'@',Parallel(indPC).PcName,' rm -fr ',Parallel(indPC).RemoteFolder,'/slaveParallel_input*.mat']);
+        else
+            mydelete('slaveParallel_input*.mat',['\\',Parallel(indPC).PcName,'\',Parallel(indPC).RemoteDrive,'$\',Parallel(indPC).RemoteFolder,'\']);
+        end
+    end
+end