## Copyright (C) 2012 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} loadprefs ()
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = loadprefs ()

  file = prefsfile ();

  s = stat (file);

  if (isstruct (s) && S_ISREG (s.mode))
    tmp = load (file);
    retval= tmp.prefs;
  else
    retval = [];
  endif

endfunction


%% Testing these functions will require some care to avoid wiping out
%% existing (or creating unwanted) preferences for the user running the
%% tests.