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# PetscBinaryRead

Reads from a binary file.

### Synopsis

    PetscErrorCode  PetscBinaryRead(int fd,void *data,PetscInt num,PetscInt *count,PetscDataType type)

Not Collective

### Input Parameters

| fd | - the file descriptor
| num | - the maximum number of items to read
| type | - the type of items to read (PETSC_INT, PETSC_REAL, PETSC_SCALAR, etc.)

### Output Parameters

| data | - the buffer
| count | - the number of items read, optional

### Notes

If count is not provided and the number of items read is less than the maximum number of items to read, then this routine errors.

PetscBinaryRead() uses byte swapping to work on all machines; the files are written to file ALWAYS using big-endian ordering. On little-endian machines the numbers are converted to the little-endian format when they are read in from the file. When PETSc is ./configure with --with-64-bit-indices the integers are written to the file as 64 bit integers, this means they can only be read back in when the option --with-64-bit-indices is used.

### See Also

PetscBinaryWrite(), PetscBinaryOpen(), PetscBinaryClose(), PetscViewerBinaryGetDescriptor(), PetscBinarySynchronizedWrite(),
PetscBinarySynchronizedRead(), PetscBinarySynchronizedSeek()

### Level

developer

### Location

src/sys/fileio/sysio.c

### Examples

src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex6.c.html
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex6f.F90.html
src/dm/tutorials/ex15.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex54f.F90.html
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