.\"reads a contiguous series of bytes from a file into a string

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read_bytes
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read_bytes

Name
.SI 5
read_bytes() - reads a contiguous series of bytes from a file into a string

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Synopsis
.SI 5
string read_bytes(string path, int start, int length);

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Description
.SP 5 5
This function reads 'length' bytes beginning at byte # 'start' in the
file named 'path'.  The bytes are returned as a string.  Note that
(start + length) must not be past the end of the file or else read_bytes
will fail.

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See also
.SI 5
read_file(3), write_bytes(3)
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