readBytes

kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.io.path / java.nio.file.Path / readBytes

Platform and version requirements: JVM (1.5), JRE7 (1.5)

fun Path.readBytes(): ByteArray

Gets the entire content of this file as a byte array.

It's not recommended to use this function on huge files. It has an internal limitation of approximately 2 GB byte array size. For reading large files or files of unknown size, open an InputStream and read blocks sequentially.

Return the entire content of this file as a byte array.

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