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SDL_LoadFile

NAME
HEADER FILE
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTION PARAMETERS
RETURN VALUE
THREAD SAFETY
AVAILABILITY
SEE ALSO

NAME

SDL_LoadFile - Load all the data from a file path.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL_iostream.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

void * SDL_LoadFile(const char *file, size_t *datasize);

DESCRIPTION

The data is allocated with a zero byte at the end (null terminated) for convenience. This extra byte is not included in the value reported via datasize .

The data should be freed with SDL_free ().

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

file

the path to read all available data from.

datasize

if not NULL, will store the number of bytes read.

RETURN VALUE

Returns the data or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

THREAD SAFETY

This function is not thread safe.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.