Thread Subject: fastaread .genome file

*.genome file is in fasta format. i want to read the 'a.aurescens.genome' file located in path:

path = '~/Project2/keggftp/genes/organisms/aau/a.aurescens.genome'
[HEADER, SEQ] = fastaread(path);

But I got the following error:

??? Error using ==> dataread
File not found or permission denied.

Error in ==> textread at 176
[varargout{1:nlhs}]=dataread('file',varargin{:});

Error in ==> fastaread at 134
        ftext = textread(filename,'%s','delimiter','\n');


What's wrong? thanks.