Read part of a file at the given path.

Syntax

ReadFileOffset( path, offset, length )

Arguments

• path (string): The path of the file to read.
• offset (integer): The offset in the file in bytes. This value is 1 based.
• length (integer): The amount of bytes to read.

Return Values

• (string): The part of the file.

Examples

-- Random example to read a small, probably useless, part of L1_TERRA
local FilePart = ReadFileOffset("/GameData/art/L1_TERRA.p3d", 657, 512)

Notes

Reading past the end of the file will return a shorter amount than what you requested.