title: How to open DBase files (.DBF) in Matlab?
body: <p>I've googled and searched through Matlab Central, but cannot find any way to open DBF files directly in Matlab. There are some references to DBFREAD function in TMW File Exchange, but it's not available anymore. Is it really a problem? </p>
  
  <p>I do have Database toolbox, but could not find dbf support there. </p>
  
  <p>I don't want to use Excel or other tools for converting files outside of Matlab, since I have a lot of files to process. ODBC also is not good, I need the code to work under Mac and Unix as well. </p>
  
  <p>Please help.</p>