#include <stdlib.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <bl/bl.h>

/*

 * Read a file into memory (which should be freed with mem_free when no

 * longer required). Returns NULL on error and outputs a suitable error

 * message to stderr.

 * DOS-style line endings are handled transparently even on platforms which

 * don't normally use this format.

 */

gboolean file_get_contents_text(const char *filename,char **contents,

  size_t *length)

{

    int i;

    char *raw;

    size_t raw_length;

    GString *string;

    GError *error=NULL;

    if (!g_file_get_contents(filename,&raw,&raw_length,&error))

    {

	fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n",filename,error->message);

	g_error_free(error);

	return FALSE;

    }

    string=g_string_new(NULL);

    for(i=0;i<raw_length;i++)

	if (raw[i]!='\r')

	    g_string_append_c(string,raw[i]);

    g_free(raw);

    if (length)

	*length=string->len;

    if (contents)

	*contents=g_string_free(string,FALSE);

    else

	g_string_free(string,TRUE);

    return TRUE;

}