C# FileStream.Read Method

public override int Read(
	byte[] array,
	int offset,
	int count
)

Parameters

array

Type: System.Byte[]

When this method returns, contains the specified byte array with the values between offset and (offset + count - 1) replaced by the bytes read from the current source.

offset

Type: System.Int32

The byte offset in array at which the read bytes will be placed.

count

Type: System.Int32

The maximum number of bytes to read.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
The total number of bytes read into the buffer. This might be less than the number of bytes requested if that number of bytes are not currently available, or zero if the end of the stream is reached.

Exceptions