From 6fabd762332e7eb4aa2f638034bd16c332e34741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matthew <matthew@owens.tech>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 17:15:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] implemented basic file read func
---
common/fileRead.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
common/fileRead.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 common/fileRead.c
create mode 100644 common/fileRead.h
diff --git a/common/fileRead.c b/common/fileRead.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc7eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/fileRead.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "fileRead.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+char *readFile(const char *path)
+{
+ char *buffer = NULL;
+ int str_size, read_size;
+ FILE *handler = fopen(path, "r");
+
+ if(handler)
+ {
+ fseek(handler, 0, SEEK_END);
+ str_size = ftell(handler);
+ rewind(handler);
+
+ // Allocating enough memory for the file and a null end char
+ buffer = malloc(sizeof(char) * (str_size + 1));
+ read_size = fread(buffer, sizeof(char), str_size, handler);
+
+ // capping off the string
+ buffer[str_size] = '\0';
+
+ if(str_size != read_size){
+ free(buffer);
+ buffer = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return buffer;
+}
diff --git a/common/fileRead.h b/common/fileRead.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7577b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/fileRead.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#ifndef FILEREAD_H
+#define FILEREAD_H
+
+char *readFile(const char *path);
+#endif//FILEREAD_H
--
2.20.1