Read part of a file at the given path.

Syntax

ReadFileOffset( <path>, <offset>, <length> )

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

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.

Version History

1.24

Added this function.