.\"reads a contiguous series of bytes from a file into a string .DT read_bytes $MUDNAME$ driver help read_bytes .SH Name .SI 5 read_bytes() - reads a contiguous series of bytes from a file into a string .EI .SH Synopsis .SI 5 string read_bytes( string path ); string read_bytes( string path, int start, int length ); .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 This function reads `length' bytes beginning at byte # `start' from 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. .EP .SH See also .SI 5 read_file(), write_bytes() .EI