File I/O

Explanation of tables
*green Function exists in octave 2.0.x
Noted incompatibilities and missing features
+yellow Function exists in matcompat
Author and home for the function.
?orange Function doesn't exist
Explanation of what you can do instead.
xred Function doesn't exist, and no work-around

Basic file operations
*fopen
*fclose
*fread
*fwrite
*ferror
*feof
*fseek
*ftell
*frewind
xtextread
*fscanf
*fgetl
*fgets
*fprintf

Path operations
xmatlabroot
xfilesep
xpathsep
xmexext
+fullfile
Etienne Grossman
?fileparts
Ariel Tankus has this in bits
xpartialpath
xtempdir
?tempname
use tmpnam
xprefdir

Import/Export
?dlmreadread matrix from ascii file
?dlmwritewrite matrix to ascii file
use aload/asave from Octave-ci; doesn't handle zero values in a compatible way
xwk1read
xwk1write

HDF import/export
?hdf
Steven Johnson has a patch.
xhdfan
xhdfdf24
xhdfdfr8
xhdfh
xhdfhd
xhdfhe
xhdfml
xhdfsd
xhdfv
xhdfvf
xhdfvh
xhdfvs
xhdfgd
xhdfpt
xhdfsw