diff -r c2f4c0285180 -r f600b0d1fc5d bl/fileutils.c
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/bl/fileutils.c	Fri Jan 27 10:30:16 2012 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <bl/macros.h>
+#include <bl/mem.h>
+#include <bl/fileutils.h>
+#include <bl/blstring.h>
+
+/*
+ * Read a file into memory (which should be freed with mem_free when no
+ * longer required). Returns FALSE on error and outputs a suitable error
+ * message to stderr.
+ */
+boolean file_get_contents(const char *filename,char **contents,size_t *length)
+{
+    FILE *fp;
+    size_t n;
+    char *buffer;
+    String *string;
+    fp=fopen(filename,"rb");
+    if (!fp)
+    {
+	perror(filename);
+	return FALSE;
+    }
+    buffer=mem_new(char,1024);
+    string=string_new(NULL);
+    do
+    {
+	n=fread(buffer,1,1024,fp);
+	if (n<0)
+	{
+	    perror(filename);
+	    string_free(string,TRUE);
+	    mem_free(buffer);
+	    free(fp);
+	    return FALSE;
+	}
+	string_append_len(string,buffer,n);
+    } while(n);
+    mem_free(buffer);
+    if (length)
+	*length=string->len;
+    *contents=string_free(string,FALSE);
+    fclose(fp);
+    return TRUE;
+}