vle-read-string

(vle-read-string fptr numChars)

reads a string from file, either using a given string length or unti 0x0 EOS characters is found

Arguments	'fptr' file pointer as returned by (open <filename> "rb") 'numChars' if <= 0, the file is read character-by-character until next EOS 0x0 character is encountered; if > 0, exactly numChars characters are read from string; this allows to read strings in the 2 main storage mechanisms : using a length prefix, and using 0x0 EOS ident
Return	Lisp string value