Method filesystem.loadText

Overload

Loads text file in a safer way. Uses System.IO.File.ReadAllText and filesystem.waitIfLocked<T>.

public static string loadText(string file, Encoding encoding = null, int lockedWaitMS = 2000, int missingWaitMS = 0)
Parameters
file  (string)

File. Must be full path. Can contain environment variables etc, see pathname.expand.
encoding  (Encoding)

Text encoding in file (if there is no BOM). Default UTF-8.
lockedWaitMS  (int)

If cannot open the file because it is opened by another process etc, wait max this number of milliseconds. Can be System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite (-1).
missingWaitMS  (int)

If the file initially does not exist, wait max this number of milliseconds until exists. Can be System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite (-1).
Returns
string
Exceptions
ArgumentException

Not full path.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

A timeout is less than -1.
TimeoutException

missingWaitMS is > 0 and the file still does not exist after waiting.
Exception