File.loadBytes

Loads the contents of file and returns it as #GBytes.

If file is a resource:// based URI, the resulting bytes will reference the embedded resource instead of a copy. Otherwise, this is equivalent to calling gio.file.File.loadContents and glib.bytes.Bytes.newTake.

For resources, etag_out will be set to null.

The data contained in the resulting #GBytes is always zero-terminated, but this is not included in the #GBytes length. The resulting #GBytes should be freed with glib.bytes.Bytes.unref when no longer in use.

Parameters

cancellable gio.cancellable.Cancellable

a #GCancellable or null

etagOut string

a location to place the current entity tag for the file, or null if the entity tag is not needed

Return Value

Type: glib.bytes.Bytes

a #GBytes or null and error is set