read

Read a registry value named name and return array of [ type, data ]. When name is nil, the `default' value is read. type is value type. (see Win32::Registry::Constants module) data is value data, its class is: :REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ

String

:REG_MULTI_SZ

Array of String

:REG_DWORD, REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN, REG_QWORD

Integer

:REG_BINARY

String (contains binary data)

When rtype is specified, the value type must be included by rtype array, or TypeError is raised.