<HEAD> <TITLE> read_bytes - reads a contiguous series of bytes from a file into a string </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND=http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/gifs/bg.jpg TEXT=#000000 ALINK=#FFFF00 VLINK=#550000 LINK=#000099> <center> <H1> read_bytes - reads a contiguous series of bytes from a file into a string </H1> </center> <p> <b> string read_bytes( string path, int start, int length ); </b> <p> 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. If the second and third arguments are omitted, the entire file is returned. <p> See also: <A HREF=read_file.html> read_file </A>, <A HREF=write_bytes.html> write_bytes </A>