Cold Help System: Programming: ColdC Reference Manual: Functions: File: fread()

STRING|BUFFER fread([INTEGER block])

Read from the existing file bound to this object. If the file is a binary file, a buffer is returned. If the file is a text file (default), a string is returned. If the file is at the end, the ~eof error is thrown. With binary files an optional block size may be specified. The default block size is 512 characters. Example:

        catch ~eof {
            while (1) {
                line = fread();
                .tell(line);
            }
        }

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