#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;

 }