matGetFp (C)

File pointer to MAT-file

C Syntax

#include "mat.h"
FILE *matGetFp(MATFile *mfp);

Arguments

mfp

Pointer to MAT-file information

Returns

C file handle to the MAT-file with handle mfp. Returns NULL if mfp is a handle to a MAT-file in HDF5-based format.

Description

Use matGetFp to obtain a C file handle to a MAT-file. Standard C library routines, like ferror and feof, use file handle to investigate errors.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a