###### (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_RW

Load all the data from an SDL data stream.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_rwops.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_rwops.h)

## Syntax

```c
void* SDL_LoadFile_RW(SDL_RWops *src,
                      size_t *datasize,
                      int freesrc);

```

## Function Parameters

|                  |                                                                           |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **src**          | the [SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) to read all available data from                |
| **datasize**     | if not NULL, will store the number of bytes read                          |
| **freesrc**      | if non-zero, calls [SDL_RWclose](SDL_RWclose)() on `src` before returning |

## Return Value

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)().

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.6.

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