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<h1><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-ReadFile%28%29"></a>ReadFile()</h1>
<h3><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-Synopsis"></a>Synopsis</h3>
<p>Read the contents of a text file into a channel variable.</p>
<h3><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-Description"></a>Description</h3>
<p>Read the contents of a text file into channel variable <em>varname</em></p>
<div class='panelMacro'><table class='warningMacro'><colgroup><col width='24'><col></colgroup><tr><td valign='top'><img src="/wiki/images/icons/emoticons/forbidden.gif" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" alt="" border="0"></td><td><b>Warning</b><br />ReadFile has been deprecated in favor of Set(varname=${FILE(file,0,length)})</td></tr></table></div>
<h3><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-Syntax"></a>Syntax</h3>
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<pre>ReadFile(varnamefile[length])</pre>
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<h5><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-Arguments"></a>Arguments</h5>
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<li>varname - Result stored here.</li>
<li>fileparams
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<li>file - The name of the file to read.</li>
<li>length - Maximum number of characters to capture.If not specified defaults to max.</li>
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<h3><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-SeeAlso"></a>See Also</h3>
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<li><a href="/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=AST&title=Asterisk+11+Application_System&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=20187085" class="createlink">Asterisk 11 Application_System</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+11+Application_Read" title="Asterisk 11 Application_Read">Asterisk 11 Application_Read</a></li>
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<h3><a name="Asterisk11Application_ReadFile-ImportVersion"></a>Import Version</h3>
<p>This documentation was imported from Asterisk Version SVN-trunk-r370322</p>
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