BoxLang File Handling

BoxLang is the AI-native software productivity platform for building, modernizing and running applications, with developers and AI agents working together.

Overview

BoxLang provides comprehensive file-system operations for reading, writing, and managing files and directories. Supports text, binary, and streaming access with configurable encoding.

Reading Files

// Read entire file as string
var content = fileRead( "/path/to/file.txt" )

// Read with explicit encoding
var content = fileRead( "/path/to/file.txt", "UTF-8" )