.\"read from a file and return a buffer, or return part of a buffer as a string .TH read_buffer 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME read_buffer() - read from a file and return a buffer, or return part of a buffer as a string .SH SYNOPSIS .nf string | buffer read_buffer( string | buffer src, int start, int len ); .SH DESCRIPTION If `src' is a string (filename), then the filename will be read, starting at byte # `start', for `len' bytes, and returned as a buffer. If neither argument is given, the entire file is read. If `src' is a buffer, then characters are read from the buffer beginning at byte # `start' in the buffer, and for `len' # of bytes, and returned as a string. Note that the maximum number of bytes you can read from a file and into a buffer is controlled via the 'maximum byte transfer' parameter in the runtime config file. .SH SEE ALSO write_buffer(3), allocate_buffer(3), bufferp(3), read_bytes(3), write_bytes(3) .SH AUTHOR Truilkan