function [params] = read_parameters_ucf(file,varargin)
  % [params] = read_parameters_ucf(file)
  % Reads the entire parameters_XXXX.asc as written by UCF file format
  % into a struct.
  % Input
  %   file          file name (if tar-mode: ustar handle)
  % ? verbosity     verbose screen output? (default: 0)
  % ? tarmode       read from tar-file? (default: 0)
  % Output
  %   params        struct with content of parameters_XXXX.asc
  
  % Parse optional input arguments
  par = inputParser;
  addParamValue(par,'verbosity',0,@isnumeric);
  addParamValue(par,'tarmode',0,@isnumeric);  % deprecated
  parse(par,varargin{:});
  % Open file
  obj = ini('verbosity',par.Results.verbosity);
    switch class(file)
    case 'char'
      obj.open(file);
    case {'ustar','ucfmulti'}
      ptr = file.pointer('parameters.asc');
      obj.opentar(ptr);
    otherwise
      error('Input file type not supported: %s',class(file));
    end
  % Get parsed content
  params = obj.getContent();
  % Close file
  obj.close();
end