Interface

#include <codecogs/io/binary/read_file.h>

using namespace IO::Binary;

char*

readFile (FILE* stream) Reads the contents of a file into a dynamically created character string.

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Function Documentation

This function reads the contents of a file into a new, dynamically created, character string of the same length as the file. in the event of an error, this function return a NULL pointer, signalling that no character array was created.

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <codecogs/io/binary/read_file.h>
 
using namespace IO::Binary;
 
int main ()
{
  FILE* stream = fopen("/Volumes/Data/Components/codecogs/io/binary/read_file.h","rb");
  char* data = readFile(stream);
  printf("\n %s", data);
  fclose(stream);
 
  return 0;
}

Parameters:

stream

Returns:

A dynamically allocated string array, containing the file contents

Authors:

Will Bateman (March 2005)

Source Code:

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