# Function: readFolderFile()

```ts
function readFolderFile(dir, name): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | null>;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/storage/folder-adapter.ts:118](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/storage/folder-adapter.ts#L118)

Reads a file, treating absence as null rather than as a failure.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `dir` | [`DirectoryHandleLike`](https://minca.dev/api/core/interfaces/DirectoryHandleLike.md) |
| `name` | `string` |

## Returns

`Promise`\<`Uint8Array`\<`ArrayBufferLike`\> \| `null`\>