SDL_LoadFile - Man Page

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 ().

file

the path to read all available data from.

datasize

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_LoadFile_IO(3), SDL_SaveFile(3).