ReadBytes Property

The number of bytes to read when downloading a file.

Syntax

 hadoopdfs.getReadBytes([callback])
 hadoopdfs.setReadBytes( readBytes, [callback])

Default Value

-1

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getReadBytes([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setReadBytes([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This property specifies how many bytes should be read when DownloadFile is called. It can be used in tandem with StartByte to specify a specific range of the file to download.

If set to -1 (default), there is no limit on how many bytes will be read.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64