Chapter 13. Files

Most programs spend their time moving bytes.

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Section	Title
1	Files
2	Reading Bytes
3	Writing Bytes
4	Buffered I/O
5	Standard Input and Output
6	Error Handling in I/O
7	Zig 0.16 I/O Changes
8	Exercises

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Files

Most programs spend their time moving bytes.

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Reading Bytes

A file is read as bytes.

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Writing Bytes

Writing bytes is the opposite of reading them.

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Buffered I/O

Reading or writing one byte at a time is expensive.

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Standard Input and Output

A program usually has three standard streams:

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Error Handling in I/O

Input and output can fail.

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Zig 0.16 I/O Changes

Zig 0.16 changes how I/O code is written in the standard library.

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Exercises

This section collects the exercises for the chapter.