wolffd@0: %ZIPLOAD Load compressed data file created with ZIPSAVE wolffd@0: % wolffd@0: % [data] = zipload( filename ) wolffd@0: % filename: string variable that contains the name of the wolffd@0: % compressed file (do not include '.zip' extension) wolffd@0: % Use only with files created with 'zipsave' wolffd@0: % pkzip25.exe has to be in the matlab path. This file is a compression utility wolffd@0: % made by Pkware, Inc. It can be dowloaded from: http://www.pkware.com wolffd@0: % Or directly from ftp://ftp.pkware.com/pk250c32.exe, for the Windows 95/NT version. wolffd@0: % This function was tested using 'PKZIP 2.50 Command Line for Windows 9x/NT' wolffd@0: % It is important to use version 2.5 of the utility. Otherwise the command line below wolffd@0: % has to be changed to include the proper options of the compression utility you wolffd@0: % wish to use. wolffd@0: % This function was tested in MATLAB Version 5.3 under Windows NT. wolffd@0: % Fernando A. Brucher - May/25/1999 wolffd@0: % wolffd@0: % Example: wolffd@0: % [loadedData] = zipload('testfile'); wolffd@0: %-------------------------------------------------------------------- wolffd@0: wolffd@0: function [data] = zipload( filename ) wolffd@0: wolffd@0: %--- Decompress data file by calling pkzip (comand line command) --- wolffd@0: % Options used: wolffd@0: % 'extract' = decompress file wolffd@0: % 'silent' = no console output wolffd@0: % 'over=all' = overwrite files wolffd@0: wolffd@0: %eval( ['!pkzip25 -extract -silent -over=all ', filename, '.zip'] ) wolffd@0: eval( ['!pkzip25 -extract -silent -over=all ', filename, '.zip'] ) wolffd@0: wolffd@0: wolffd@0: %--- Load data from decompressed file --- wolffd@0: % try, catch takes care of cases when pkzip fails to decompress a wolffd@0: % valid matlab format file wolffd@0: wolffd@0: try wolffd@0: tmpStruc = load( filename ); wolffd@0: data = tmpStruc.data; wolffd@0: catch, return, end wolffd@0: wolffd@0: wolffd@0: %--- Delete decompressed file --- wolffd@0: wolffd@0: delete( [filename,'.mat'] ) wolffd@0: wolffd@0: