#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

char *loadfile(const char *fname, unsigned int *s) {
    FILE *f           = fopen(fname, "rb");
    unsigned int size = 0; // number of elements to buffer;
    unsigned int rcnt = 0; // number of char's read by fread(...)
    if (f == NULL) {
        perror("Error 1: ");
        return NULL;
    }
    // this method of determining file size works up to 2 GB.
    fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
    size = ftell(f);
    rewind(f);
    char *buf = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * size);
    if (buf == NULL) {
        perror("Error 2: ");
        free(buf);
        return NULL;
    }
    rcnt = fread(buf, sizeof(char), size, f);
    if (rcnt < size) {
        perror("Error 3: ");
        free(buf);
        return NULL;
    }
    fclose(f);
    *s = rcnt;
    return buf;
}

void write(const char *filename, 
           const char* t, 
           unsigned int size) {
    if (filename == NULL) {
        return;
    }
    unsigned int written = 0;
    FILE *out = fopen(filename, "wb");
    if (out != NULL) {
        written = fwrite(t, sizeof(unsigned char), size, out);
        fclose(out);
        if (written == 0) {
            perror("write error");
        }
    }
}


void append(const char *filename, const char *t, unsigned size) {
    if (filename == NULL) {
        return;
    }
    unsigned int written = 0;
    FILE *out = fopen(filename, "ab");
    if (out != NULL) {
        written = fwrite(t, sizeof(unsigned char), size, out);
        fclose(out);
        if (written == 0) {
            perror("write error");
        }
        printf("wrote %d\n", written);
    }
}