static int main (string[] args) { // A reference to our file var file = File.new_for_path ("data.txt"); if (!file.query_exists (null)) { stderr.printf ("File '%s' doesn't exist.\n", file.get_path ()); return 1; } try { // Open file for reading and wrap returned FileInputStream into a // DataInputStream, so we can read line by line var in_stream = new DataInputStream (file.read (null)); string line; // Read lines until end of file (null) is reached while ((line = in_stream.read_line (null, null)) != null) { stdout.printf ("%s\n", line); } } catch (IOError e) { error ("%s", e.message); } return 0; }