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FileStream.Read Method

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Reads a block of bytes from the stream and writes the data in a given buffer.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

public override int Read (
         bytearray,
         intoffset,
         intcount
)

Parameters

  • array
    When this method returns, contains the specified byte array with the values between offset and (offset + count - 1) replaced by the bytes read from the current source.
  • offset
    The byte offset in array at which the read bytes will be placed.
  • count
    The maximum number of bytes to read.

Return Value

The total number of bytes read into the buffer. This might be less than the number of bytes requested if that number of bytes are not currently available, or zero if the end of the stream is reached.

Version Information

Available in the .NET Micro Framework versions 3.0, 4.0, and 4.1.

See Also

Reference

FileStream Class
FileStream Members
System.IO Namespace