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SDL_LoadFile(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_LoadFile(3)

SDL_LoadFile - Load all the data from a file path.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_iostream.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
void * SDL_LoadFile(const char *file, size_t *datasize);

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 ().

the path to read all available data from.
if not NULL, will store the number of bytes read.

Returns the data or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

This function is not thread safe.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

(3), SDL_LoadFile_IO(3), (3), SDL_SaveFile(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer