Trouble loading .bin file

Hi,

I'm having trouble importing a .bin file on an FTP server. Below is the code. Any thoughts on why fopen is returning -1??

 FULLurl = 'ftp://disc2.nascom.nasa.gov/data/TRMM/Gridded/Derived_Products/3B42RT/Daily/2001/3B42RT_daily.2001.03.01.bin';

 fid = fopen(FULLurl, 'r');
 a = fread(fid, 'float','b');
 fclose(fid);

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Any thoughts on why fopen is returning -1?

That would because fopen is only for accessing the filesystem. It does not work over ftp (or http for that matter).

For ftp access, use the ftp class.

[Ryan Oates]

Thanks Guillaume!

Also, even when I download a file onto my local drive, fread doesn't seem to work either. Am I THAT off??

[Image Analyst]

Attach the file, and attach your m-file script that demonstrates the problem.

[Guillaume]

Well, your syntax for fread looks a bit off. Possibly, you mean:

a = fread(fid, Inf, 'float', 0, 'b');