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The /bread command can be used to read a certain amount of bytes from a file at a given position and store it in a binary variable.
Note: the beginning of the file is position 0.
Synopsis
/bread -ta <filename> <bytepos> <numbytes> <&bvar>
Switches
- -t - Reads data preceding the first encountered line ending or EOF, interpreting as UTF8 text
- -a - Modifier for -t switch, avoids translating codepoints 128-255 to UTF8 if the data doesn't contain codepoints 256+
Parameters
- <filename> - The file name to read from. Double quotes needed if string contains space
- <bytepos> - The starting byte position, remember, this starts at 0, not 1.
- <numbytes> - The length (bytes) to be read.
- <&bvar> - The binary variable to store the data in. If &binvar already exists, contents are replaced.
Example
;noop $copyExample(FileA,FileB) alias copyExample { ;Read the whole file into a binary variable bread $qt($1) 0 $file($1).size &tempFile ;Write the bytes form the binary variable to a file bwrite $qt($2) 0 -1 &tempFile }
Using -t switch: Line ending is defined as data preceding //bset &v 1 233 | bwrite -c test.dat 0 &v | bread test.dat 0 9 &v2 | echo -a $bvar(&v2,1-) result: 233 because no switch used //bset &v 1 233 | bwrite -c test.dat 0 &v | bread -t test.dat 0 9 &v2 | echo -a $bvar(&v2,1-) result: 195 169 because -t used without -a interprets as UTF8 encoding of codepoint 233 //bset &v 1 233 | bwrite -c test.dat 0 &v | bread -ta test.dat 0 9 &v2 | echo -a $bvar(&v2,1-) result: 233 because -ta used AND data read doesn't contain codepoint 256+ //bset &v 1 226 156 148 233 | bwrite -c test.dat 0 &v | bread -ta test.dat 0 9 &v2 | echo -a $bvar(&v2,1-) result: 226 156 148 195 169 because data read contains codepoint 10004 * If bread's offset changed from 0 to 3, result is 233 because the read portion of the line doesn't contain the codepoint above 255
//bread $qt($mircexe) 0 $file($mircexe).size &v | echo -a $md5(&v,1) is the same as $md5($mircexe,2) if enough memory available for binvar
Compatibility
Added: mIRC v5.3
Added on: 13 Dec 1997
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.