Read

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Read from the specified FileDescriptor

namespace HH\Lib\OS;

function read(
  FileDescriptor $fd,
  int $max_bytes,
): string;

See man 2 read for details. On error, an ErrnoException will be thrown.

Parameters

• FileDescriptor $fd
• int $max_bytes

Returns

• string