###### (This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current development version.) # SDL_LoadFile Load all the data from a file path. ## Header File Defined in [SDL_rwops.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_rwops.h) ## Syntax ```c void* SDL_LoadFile(const char *file, size_t *datasize); ``` ## Function Parameters | | | | | ------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | | const char * | **file** | the path to read all available data from. | | size_t * | **datasize** | if not NULL, will store the number of bytes read. | ## Return Value (void *) Returns the data, or NULL if there was an error. ## Remarks 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](SDL_free)(). Prior to SDL 2.0.10, this function was a macro wrapping around [SDL_LoadFile_RW](SDL_LoadFile_RW). ## Version This function is available since SDL 2.0.10. ---- [CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryRWOPS](CategoryRWOPS)