<function name="Read" parent="file" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Returns the content of a file. Beware of casing -- some filesystems are case-sensitive. SRCDS on Linux seems to force file/directory creation to lowercase, but will not modify read operations. </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="4">lua/includes/extensions/file.lua</file> <args> <arg name="fileName" type="string">The name of the file.</arg> <arg name="path" type="string" default="DATA">The path used to look up the file. * "GAME" Structured like base folder (garrysmod/), searches all the mounted content (main folder, addons, mounted games etc) * "LUA" or "lsv" - All Lua folders (lua/) including gamesmodes and addons * "DATA" Data folder (garrysmod/data) * "MOD" Strictly the game folder (garrysmod/), ignores mounting. * `GAME` Structured like base folder (garrysmod/), searches all the mounted content (main folder, addons, mounted games etc) * `LUA` or `lsv` - All Lua folders (lua/) including gamesmodes and addons * `DATA` Data folder (garrysmod/data) * `MOD` Strictly the game folder (garrysmod/), ignores mounting. It can also be a boolean: * true = "GAME"⤶ * false = "DATA"</arg>⤶ * true = `GAME`⤶ * false = `DATA`</arg>⤶ </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">The data from the file as a string, or nil if the file isn't found</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Prints out the content of `helloworld.txt`.</description> <code>print( file.Read("helloworld.txt", "DATA") )</code> <code>print( file.Read( "helloworld.txt", "DATA" ) )</code> <output>This is the content!</output> </example>