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/* jh_io.h - v0.01 - Jason Hilder
Heavily inspired and designed from:
* https://github.com/nothings/stb/
* https://github.com/gingerBill/gb/
This is a single header file that contains:
- useful/common I/O helpers
To use this library, do this in *one* C:
#define JH_IO_IMPLEMENTATION
#include "jh_io.h"
*/
#ifndef JH_IO_INCLUDED
#define JH_IO_INCLUDED
int jh_read_file_to_buffer(char* file_path, char** out_buffer, int add_terminator);
// --------------------------------------
// --------------------------------------
// implementation Below
// --------------------------------------
#ifdef JH_IO_IMPLEMENTATION
// --------------------------------------
// FILE I/O helpers:
// --------------------------------------
// Takes file path and a buffer which will get reallocated to the full file size.
// Note: buffer still needs to be manually free'd
int jh_read_file_to_buffer(char* file_path, char** out_buffer, int add_terminator)
{
FILE *file = fopen(file_path, "rb");
if(file == NULL)
{
perror("Failed to open file.");
return -1;
}
fseek(file, 0L, SEEK_END);
long file_size = ftell(file);
if (file_size == -1)
{
perror("Failed to determine file size");
fclose(file);
return -1;
}
rewind(file);
// Reallocate memory for the buffer, check if realloc is successful
// Realloc with extra space if terminator is needed
char *buffer = realloc(*out_buffer, file_size + (add_terminator ? 1 : 0));
if (buffer == NULL)
{
perror("Memory allocation failed");
fclose(file);
return -1;
}
// Update the pointer to the newly allocated buffer
*out_buffer = buffer;
size_t bytes_read = fread(*out_buffer, 1, file_size, file);
if (bytes_read != file_size)
{
perror("Error reading file");
fclose(file);
return -1;
}
// Add null terminator if needed
if (add_terminator == 1)
{
(*out_buffer)[file_size] = '\0';
}
fclose(file);
return 0;
}
#endif
#endif