CTYPEREAD Read a C Structure From File

Section: FreeMat External Interface

Usage

The ctyperead function is a convenience function for reading a C structure from a file. This is generally a very bad idea, as direct writing of C structures to files is notoriously unportable. Consider yourself warned. The syntax for this function is 
   a = ctyperead(fid,'typename')

where 'typename' is a string containing the name of the C structure as defined using ctypedefine, and fid is the file handle returned by the fopen command. Note that this form will read a single structure from the file. If you want to read multiple structures into an array, use the following form 

   a = ctyperead(fid,'typename',count)

Note that the way this function works is by using ctypesize to compute the size of the structure, reading that many bytes from the file, and then calling ctypethaw on the resulting buffer. A consequence of this behavior is that the byte-endian corrective behavior of FreeMat does not work.