From 93c133813516b74af33dc58c776df90778a50321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Mueller <appgurulars@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:31:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add file.read_binary for consistency

---
 file.lua | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/file.lua b/file.lua
index bd912ea..a88598c 100644
--- a/file.lua
+++ b/file.lua
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ function read(filename)
 	return content
 end
 
+function read_binary(filename)
+	local file, err = io.open(filename, "rb")
+	if file == nil then return nil, err end
+	local content = file:read"*a"
+	file:close()
+	return content
+end
+
 function write_unsafe(filename, new_content)
 	local file, err = io.open(filename, "w")
 	if file == nil then return false, err end