FwupdPluginDeviceget_contents

gchar*
fu_device_get_contents (
  FuDevice* self,
  const gchar* filename,
  gsize count,
  FuProgress* progress,
  GError** error
)

Reads a blob of ASCII text from the file, emulating if required.

Available since:

2.0.12

`filename`	`const gchar*`
	Full path to a file.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`count`	`gsize`
	Maximum number of bytes to read.
`progress`	`FuProgress`
	Optional `FuProgress`.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`error`	`GError **`
	The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

Returns:	`gchar*`
	A `GBytes`, or `NULL` on error.
	The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.