1 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "utils.h"
+
+char *
+read_file_contents(char *file_path)
+{
+    FILE *file;
+    int file_size;
+
+    file = fopen(file_path, "r");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        perror("fopen");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) == -1) {
+        perror("fseek SEEK_END");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ((file_size = ftell(file)) == -1) {
+        perror("ftell");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
+        perror("fseek 0 SEEK_SET");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    char *file_content = (char *)calloc(file_size + 1, sizeof(char));
+    if (file_content == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate mem for file_content\n");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    size_t ret = fread(file_content, sizeof(char), file_size, file);
+    if (ret == 0 && ferror(file) != 0) {
+        perror("fread");
+        free(file_content);
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    fclose(file);
+
+    return file_content;
+}