1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
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+++ b/src/io.c
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+#include "io.h"
+#include "stdlib.h"
+#include "stdio.h"
+#include "string.h"
+#include "stdint.h"
+#include "unistd.h"
+
+int l_readfile(lua_State* L){
+  size_t len;
+  char* a = (char*)luaL_checklstring(L, 1, &len);
+
+  FILE *fp;
+  const uint64_t chunk_iter = 512;
+  uint64_t chunk = 512;
+  uint64_t count = 0;
+  char* out = malloc(chunk);
+  
+  fp = fopen(a, "r");
+  
+  for(;;){
+    char ch = fgetc(fp);   
+    if(ch==EOF) break;
+    
+    if(count > chunk){
+      chunk += chunk_iter;
+      out = realloc(out, chunk);
+    }
+    out[count] = ch;
+    count++;
+  }
+  lua_pushstring(L, out);
+
+  free(out);
+  return 1; 
+};