NAME
	read_bytes - read bytes from a file

SYNOPSIS
	varargs string read_bytes(string file, int offset, int size)


DESCRIPTION
	Read a file.  The optional second and third arguments specify an
	offset in the file and the maximum length of the string to be read,
	and default to the whole file from the beginning.  The offset may
	be specified as negative, to read from the end of a file.

	This_object() must have read access to the file.

ERRORS
	If the offset is out of range or the returned string would be too
	large, an error will result.

SEE ALSO
	efun/write_bytes, kfun/editor, kfun/write_file