# HG changeset patch
# User Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
# Date 1263203698 -3600
# Node ID debb5b35a1a746a3dffbb4cc8bf3673858a8d44f
# Parent  cf70ee43077c280acfc0124da02fdae77d841cf4
implement fileread

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-01-11  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+	* io/fileread.m: New source.
+
 2010-01-10  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
 
 	* plot/private/__scatter__.m: Use alternative strategy for larger
diff --git a/scripts/io/fileread.m b/scripts/io/fileread.m
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/io/fileread.m
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2010 VZLU Prague
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File}  {@var{str} =} fileread (@var{filename})
+## Read the contents of a file and return it as a string.
+## @seealso{fread, textread}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function str = fileread (filename)
+
+  if (nargin != 1)
+    print_usage ();
+  endif
+
+  if (! ischar (filename))
+    error ("fileread: argument must be a string");
+  endif
+
+  fid = fopen (filename, "r");
+  if (fid < 0)
+    error ("fileread: cannot open file");
+  endif
+
+  unwind_protect
+    str = fread (fid, "*char");    
+  unwind_protect_cleanup
+    fclose (fid)
+  end_unwind_protect
+
+endfunction
+
diff --git a/scripts/io/module.mk b/scripts/io/module.mk
--- a/scripts/io/module.mk
+++ b/scripts/io/module.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   io/csvread.m \
   io/csvwrite.m \
   io/dlmwrite.m \
+  io/fileread.m \
   io/strread.m \
   io/textread.m