diff -r c2f4c0285180 -r f600b0d1fc5d bl/textfileutils.c
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/bl/textfileutils.c	Fri Jan 27 10:30:16 2012 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#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.
+ */
+boolean file_get_contents_text(const char *filename,char **contents,
+  size_t *length)
+{
+    int i;
+    char *raw;
+    size_t raw_length;
+    String *string;
+    if (!file_get_contents(filename,&raw,&raw_length))
+	return FALSE;
+    string=string_new(NULL);
+    for(i=0;i<raw_length;i++)
+	if (raw[i]!='\r')
+	    string_append_c(string,raw[i]);
+    mem_free(raw);
+    if (length)
+	*length=string->len;
+    if (contents)
+	*contents=string_free(string,FALSE);
+    else
+	string_free(string,TRUE);
+    return TRUE;
+}