.content()

Method to read and write files. This method is a shorthand method for both .readFile() and .writeFile().

The method .content() is located in the file file.jsxinc.

Usage

To get the contents of a file:

var file = new File("C:/myfile.txt");
var filecontents = file.content();

To write a string to a file:

var content = "String to insert into file";
var file = new File("C:/myfile.txt");
var contents = file.content(content);

When parameters are omitted, this method gets the content of the file.

Parameter	Data type	Required	Description
content	String		The string to write to the file.
encoding	String		The encoding to write the file. When not specified the default encoding UTF-8 is used.

Value	Meaning
null	The file does not exist. No content can be returned.
string	The contents of the file.
true	The specified contents was written to the file.