simple and failsafe reader

this simple library is used to separate file I/O functions from other
tasks which can easily cause race conditions.

3 files changed, 89 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+CFLAGS=-Wall -g -shared -fPIC
+
+rebuild: clean all
+
+all: file_reader.o file_reader.a file_reader.so 
+        $(CC) -Wall -o file_reader ./file_reader.o
+        rm -f file_reader.o
+
+clean:
+        rm -f file_reader{.so,.a,.o,}
+
+test: all
+        ./main
+
+
+
+#.o:
+#       cc -shared -fPIC -c -o $@ $< 
+
+%.so: %.o
+        $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+%.a: %.o
+        ar rcs $@ $<
+
+
diff --git a/file_reader.c b/file_reader.c
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+#include "file_reader.h"
+
+#define BUFFER_SIZE 16384
+
+File* file_open(const char* filename)
+{
+  File* retval = malloc(sizeof(File));
+  retval->name = filename;
+  retval->data = malloc(0);
+  retval->size = 0;
+  FILE* file = fopen(filename, "rb");
+  if(file)
+  {
+    do
+    {
+      retval->data = realloc(retval->data, retval->size + BUFFER_SIZE);
+      retval->size += fread(&retval->data[retval->size], 1, BUFFER_SIZE, file);
+    } while(!feof(file));
+    retval->data = realloc(retval->data, retval->size);
+    fclose(file);
+    return retval;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    perror(filename);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+void file_close(File* file)
+{
+  free(file->data);
+  free(file);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  File* file = file_open("strict.dtd");
+  puts(file->data);
+  file_close(file);
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/file_reader.h b/file_reader.h
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+#ifndef FILE_READER
+#define FILE_READER
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  const char* name;
+  char* data;
+  size_t size;
+} File;
+
+File* file_open(const char* filename);
+void file_close(File* file);
+
+#define file_getName(FILE) FILE->name
+#define file_getSize(FILE) FILE->size
+#define file_toChar(FILE) FILE->data
+
+#endif