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File.read() (Method)

Reads a string of characters from the file.

Availability:

JavaScript - 1.1

Netscape Enterprise Server - 2.0

Property/method value type: String primitive

JavaScript syntax: NES myFile.read(aByteCount)

Argument list: aByteCount Read this many bytes from the file

When you call this method, you need to indicate the length of the string you want to retrieve.

You might use this in a record structured file where the records are all of a fixed length.

See also: File.readByte(), File.readln(), File.write()

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