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# dmd.root.file

Read a file from disk and store it in memory.
Authors:
Walter Bright, http://www.digitalmars.com
License:
Boost License 1.0

Source root/file.d

Documentation https://dlang.org/phobos/dmd_root_file.html

Coverage https://codecov.io/gh/dlang/dmd/src/master/src/dmd/root/file.d

struct `FileBuffer`;
  Owns a (rmem-managed) file buffer.
  pure nothrow @nogc @safe ubyte[] `extractSlice`();
    Transfers ownership of the buffer to the caller.
struct `File`;
  struct `ReadResult`;
    pure nothrow @nogc @safe ubyte[] `extractSlice`();
      Transfers ownership of the buffer to the caller.
    pure nothrow @nogc ubyte[] `extractDataZ`();
      ditto Include the null-terminator at the end of the buffer in the returned array.
  static nothrow ReadResult `read`(const(char)* `name`);
  static nothrow ReadResult `read`(const(char)[] `name`);
    Read the full content of a file.
  static nothrow bool `write`(const(char)* `name`, const void[] `data`);
  static nothrow bool `write`(const(char)[] `name`, const void[] `data`);
  static nothrow bool `write`(const(char)* `name`, const(void)* `data`, size_t `size`);
    Write a file, returning true on success.
  static nothrow void `remove`(const(char)* `name`);
    Delete a file.

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