1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/slurp.c b/doc/slurp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0b047d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/slurp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+static void *p_slurp(const char *file, size_t *outsize)
+{
+	struct stat sb;
+	int ret = 0, fd = open(file, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+	void *buf = NULL;
+	ssize_t rdret;
+
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Slurping %s failed: %s\n",
+		        file, strerror(errno));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (fstat(fd, &buf) < 0) {
+		ret = errno;
+		perror("fstat");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	*outsize = sb.st_size; /* truncate if need be */
+	buf = malloc(*outsize);
+	if (buf == NULL) {
+		ret = errno;
+		perror("malloc");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	rdret = read(fd, buf, *outsize);
+	if (rdret < 0) {
+		ret = errno;
+		perror("read");
+		free(buf);
+	} else {
+		*outsize = rdret;
+	}
+ out:
+	close(fd);
+	errno = ret;
+	return buf;
+}
+