# $file.readBytes Reads a binary file
Usage
    $file.read(<filename>[,<size>])
Description
Reads at most <size> bytes of the file pointed by <filename> and returns it as an array of integers (bytes). <size> is an upper limit but may be not reached if the real file is smaller. If <size> is not specified, then KVIrc tries to read the whole file up to the 1 MiB limit (so if you want to read a file that is bigger than 1 MiB then you MUST specify the <size>). If you want simple text data then take a look at $file.read. WARNING: always check the file size before attemting to read a whole file... reading a CDROM iso image may sit down your system :) (and will probably crash while allocating memory, before attempting to read anything) An empty array (or just "nothing") is returned if a serious error occures. The <filename> is adjusted according to the system that KVIrc is running on.
Syntax Specification
    <array> $file.read(<filename:string>[,<size:integer>])
Examples
        echo $file.readBytes(/proc/cpuinfo)
See also
$file.read, file.writebytes

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KVIrc 4.2.0.6190 Documentation
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