File.OpenRead Method (String)

FileOpenRead Method (String)

Opens an existing file for reading.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static FileStream OpenRead(
	string path
)

Public Shared Function OpenRead ( 
	path As String
) As FileStream

public:
static FileStream^ OpenRead(
	String^ path
)

static member OpenRead : 
        path : string -> FileStream

Parameters

path: Type: SystemString
The file to be opened for reading.

Return Value

Type: FileStream
A read-only FileStream on the specified path.

Remarks

This method is equivalent to the FileStream(string, FileMode, FileAccess, FileShare) constructor overload with a FileMode value of Open, a FileAccess value of Read and a FileShare value of Read.

Reference

File Class

OpenRead Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace