Simple IPC with C/C++ process and Matlab script

Let's say I have a C/C++ program that continously generates some data. I want to use a matlab script to create a live plotting of that data to follow it in real time. Some sort of IPC would need to happen between that program and that matlab script. But how?

I have browsed some forums for answers but I only came across highly specific solutions for more complex problems that don't apply for my simple scenario.

Is there an easy way to achieve such a communication with matlab?

Answer 1

[Yongjian Feng]

How about:

1. The C/C++ program write data into files in a folder
2. The matlab script monitors (unlocked) files in that folder, and plot them. Most likely keep a list of all the ones processed already. Read a file in a try/catch, so anyone being written by the C/C++ program won't be processed.