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[%CFEngine_function_prototype(filename, optional_maxbytes)%]
Description:
Returns the first maxbytes bytes from file filename.
maxbytes is optional, if specified, only the first maxbytes bytes are read from filename.
When maxbytes is 0, inf or not specified, the whole file will be read (but see Notes below).
[%CFEngine_function_attributes(filename, optional_maxbytes)%]
Example:
Prepare:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(readfile.cf, #+begin_src prep, .*end_src)%]
Run:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(readfile.cf, #+begin_src cfengine3, .*end_src)%]
Output:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(readfile.cf, #+begin_src\s+example_output\s*, .*end_src)%]
Notes:
- On Windows, the file will be read in text mode, which means that CRLF line endings will be converted to LF line endings in the resulting variable. This can make the variable length shorter than the size of the file being read.
History:
- Warnings about the size limit and the special
0value were introduced in 3.6.0 - 4095 bytes limitation removed in 3.6.3