Index: ../trunk-jpl/scripts/BinRead.py
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--- ../trunk-jpl/scripts/BinRead.py	(revision 20096)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/scripts/BinRead.py	(revision 20097)
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 import numpy
 import math
 import struct
+import argparse
+from MatlabFuncs import *
+from EnumDefinitions import *
+from EnumToString import EnumToString
 
-def BinRead(filin,filout=''):
+def BinRead(filin,filout=''): #{{{
 
-	from MatlabFuncs import *
-	from EnumDefinitions import *
-	from EnumToString import EnumToString
-
 	print "reading binary file."
 	f=open(filin,'rb')
 
@@ -104,25 +104,24 @@
 					print "data[%d,%d] = %f" % (i,j,data[i][j])
 
 		elif code == FormatToCode('MatArray'):
-			fid.seek(reclen-4,1)
+			f.seek(reclen-4,1)
 			print "skipping %d bytes for code %d." % (code, reclen-4)
 
 		elif code == FormatToCode('StringArray'):
-			fid.seek(reclen-4,1)
+			f.seek(reclen-4,1)
 			print "skipping %d bytes for code %d." % (code, reclen-4)
 
 		else:
 			raise TypeError('BinRead error message: data type: %d not supported yet! (%s)' % (code,EnumToString(enum)[0]))
 
 	f.close()
-
+#}}}
 def FormatToCode(format): # {{{
 	"""
 	This routine takes the format string, and hardcodes it into an integer, which 
 	is passed along the record, in order to identify the nature of the dataset being 
 	sent.
 	"""
-	from MatlabFuncs import *
 
 	if   strcmpi(format,'Boolean'):
 		code=1
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@
 	return code
 # }}}
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+if __name__ == '__main__': #{{{
 	if 'PYTHONSTARTUP' in os.environ:
 		PYTHONSTARTUP=os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP']
 		print 'PYTHONSTARTUP =',PYTHONSTARTUP
@@ -160,10 +159,10 @@
 		else:
 			print "PYTHONSTARTUP file '%s' does not exist." % PYTHONSTARTUP
 
-	import argparse
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='BinRead - function to read binary input file.')
 	parser.add_argument('-f','--filin', help='name of binary input file', default='')
+	parser.add_argument('-o','--filout', help='optional name of text output file', default='')
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
-	BinRead(args.filin)
-
+	BinRead(args.filin, args.filout)
+#}}}
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