Get the file size

fsize.c

long fsize(char *name)
{
	struct stat stbuf;
	int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
	if (fd == -1) return -1;
	if (fstat(fd, &stbuf) == -1) return -1;
	close(fd);
	return stbuf.st_size;
}

char *freadx(char *name)
{
	long size = fsize(name);

	FILE *fp = fopen(name, "r");
	if (!fp) return 0;
	char *p = (char*)calloc(size, sizeof(char));
	if (!fgets(p, size, fp)) return 0;
	fclose(fp);

	return p;
}