matOpen

Purpose

Open MAT-files.

C Synopsis

#include "mat.h"
MATFile *matOpen(filename,mode)
  char *filename;
  char *mode;

Fortran Synopsis

integer*4 function matOpen(filename,mode)
integer*4 fp
character*(*) filename, mode

Arguments

filename
name of file to open
fp
MAT-file handle
mode
file opening mode

Description

This routine allows you to open MAT-files. In the current implementation, it initializes internal variables and passes through to a standard C fopen routine. At a future date, it may initialize the MAT-file with a signature or header.

matOpen opens the named file and returns a file handle, or NULL if the open fails. Legal values for mode are

r open file for reading only

u open file for update; reading and writing

w open file for writing only; delete previous contents, if any

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