function read_multistream_dir(d, prefix, plotrange, onlydata)
  % get directories containing samples
  hint_file_name = strcat('./runtime/', d, '/node_dir_hint.txt');
  hint_file = fopen(hint_file_name);
  node_files = textscan(hint_file, '%s');
  fclose(hint_file);
  
  node_names = strrep(node_files{1,1}, prefix, "");
  
  node_files = strcat('./runtime/', d, '/', node_files{1,1});
  
  sync_datasets(node_files, node_names, plotrange, onlydata);
  
  %print(strcat('./runtime/', d, '/figure.svg'), '-dsvg');
end