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# zip:read — Read entry

ZIP:READ reads the entire content of an entry within an archive.

ZIP:READ is the complement of the ZIP:WRITE operation.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Result variable name |
| filename | string |  | Filename |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- zip:archive

### Result
- binding: var; type: string