<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> <file line="4-L19">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.⤶ ⤶ It can also be a boolean:⤶ * true = `GAME`⤶ * false = `DATA`</arg>⤶ <arg name="gamePath" type="string">The path to look for the files and directories in. See <page text="this list">File_Search_Paths</page> for a list of valid paths.</arg>⤶ </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">The data from the file as a string, or nil if the file isn't found</ret> <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> <output>This is the content!</output> ⤶ </example></example>