AdiIRC

_Added in 1.9.0_

*/bread [-ta] <filename> <S> <N> <&binvar>*

Reads <N> bytes starting at byte position <S> in the file and stores the result in &binvar.

*Switches*

table(ktable).

|*Switch*|*Description*|

| -t | reads data until the next [[$crlf]] or [[$feof]]. |

| -a | Disables UTF-8 encoding of characters in the range 0-255, as long as the line contains no characters > 255. |

*Parameters*

table(ktable).

|*Parameter*|*Description*|

| <filename> | The binary file to read. |

| <S> | The byte position in the file to start reading from. |

| <N> | Number of bytes to read. |

| <&binvar> | The &binvar to read the data into. |

*Example*

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;noop $example(FileA, FileB)

alias example {

   ;Read the whole file into a binary variable

   bread $qt($1) 0 $file($1).size &tempFile

   ;Write the bytes form the binary variable to a file

   bwrite $qt($2) 0 -1 &tempFile

}

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