InputStream.read
ptrdiff_t read(ref ubyte[] buffer, gio.cancellable.Cancellable cancellable = null)Tries to read count bytes from the stream into the buffer starting at buffer. Will block during this read.
If count is zero returns zero and does nothing. A value of count larger than G_MAXSSIZE will cause a [gio.types.IOErrorEnum.InvalidArgument] error.
On success, the number of bytes read into the buffer is returned. It is not an error if this is not the same as the requested size, as it can happen e.g. near the end of a file. Zero is returned on end of file (or if count is zero), but never otherwise.
The returned buffer is not a nul-terminated string, it can contain nul bytes at any position, and this function doesn't nul-terminate the buffer.
If cancellable is not null, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error [gio.types.IOErrorEnum.Cancelled] will be returned. If an operation was partially finished when the operation was cancelled the partial result will be returned, without an error.
On error -1 is returned and error is set accordingly.
Parameters
buffer | a buffer to read data into (which should be at least count bytes long). |
cancellable | optional #GCancellable object, null to ignore. |