FileRead
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Reads the specified number of bytes from the given file starting at its current read/write position, and returns them as a string.
Syntax
string fileRead ( file theFile, int count )
OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!
- Method: file:read(...)
Required Arguments
- theFile: A handle to the file you wish to read from. Use fileOpen to obtain this handle.
- count: The number of bytes you wish to read.
Returns
Returns the bytes that were read in a string. Note that this string might not contain as many bytes as you specified if an error occured, i.e. end of file.
Example
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SharedThis example opens the file test.txt and outputs its contents to the console.
function readFile(path)
local file = fileOpen(path) -- attempt to open the file
if not file then
return false -- stop function on failure
end
local count = fileGetSize(file) -- get file's total size
local data = fileRead(file, count) -- read whole file
fileClose(file) -- close the file once we're done with it
outputConsole(data) -- output code in console
end
addCommandHandler("readfile",function(cmd,fileName) -- add command to test this function
readFile(fileName) -- execute the function
end)
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ServerThis example reads file from path and prints its content to the console
addCommandHandler('readFile', function(player, cmd, file)
if not file then
outputChatBox('You need to provide a path!', player, 255,0,0)
return
end
outputChatBox(fileRead(file), player)
end)