SDL_LoadFile - Man Page

#include <SDL3/SDL_iostream.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.

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SDL_LoadFile_IO(3), SDL_SaveFile(3)

SDL_LoadFile_IO(3), SDL_SaveFile(3).