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+%
+% Copyright 2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+%
+% This file is part of GNU Radio
+%
+% GNU Radio 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, or (at your option)
+% any later version.
+%
+% GNU Radio 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 GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+% the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+% Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+%
+
+function v = read_int_binary (filename, count)
+
+  %% usage: read_int_binary (filename, [count])
+  %%
+  %%  open filename and return the contents, treating them as
+  %%  signed integers
+  %%
+
+  m = nargchk (1,2,nargin);
+  if (m)
+    usage (m);
+  end
+
+  if (nargin < 2)
+    count = Inf;
+  end
+
+  f = fopen (filename, 'rb');
+  if (f < 0)
+    v = 0;
+  else
+    v = fread (f, count, 'int');
+    fclose (f);
+  end
+end