libigl_Martin/include/igl/file_contents_as_string.cpp

#include "file_contents_as_string.h"

#include <fstream>
#include <cstdio>

IGL_INLINE bool igl::file_contents_as_string(
  const std::string file_name,
  std::string & content)
{
  std::ifstream ifs(file_name.c_str());
  // Check that opening the stream worked successfully
  if(!ifs.good())
  {
    fprintf(
      stderr,
      "IOError: file_contents_as_string() cannot open %s\n",
      file_name.c_str());
    return false;
  }
  // Stream file contents into string
  content = std::string(
    (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs)),
    (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
  return true;
}