binfs

This package converts any file into manageable C++ source code. It is useful for embedding binary or text data into a C++ program.

Installation

To compile and install the library use the following (MacOS & Linux):

git clone https://github.com/bleenco/binfs.git
cd binfs/
make
make install

To compile program on Windows follow this steps (assuming you have CMake installed):

git clone https://github.com/bleenco/binfs.git
cd binfs/
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" ..
cmake --build . --config Release

Usage

Conversion is done on one or more sets of files. They are all embedded in a new C++ source file.

The simplest invocation generates a binfs.hpp file in the current working directory. It include all files recursively from the data/ directory.

$ binfs data/

To specify the name of the output file being generated, we use the following:

$ binfs -o myfile.hpp data/

Multiple input directories or files can be specified if necessary.

$ binfs data/ data2/ /path/to/image.png /path/to/my_video.mp4

Accessing the asset

To access asset data, we use the binfs->get_file(filepath); function which is included in the generated output.

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include "bindata.hpp"

int main()
{
  BinFS::BinFS *binfs = new BinFS::BinFS();
  binfs->init(); // load the files

  std::string txt_file = binfs->get_file("data/CMakeLists.txt");
  std::string video_file = binfs->get_file("/path/to/my_video.mp4");

  // write accessed video data into output file
  std::ofstream output("out.mp4", std::fstream::binary);
  output << video_file;

  return 0;
}

Optional compression

Not yet implemented.

Working with us

We would love to receive community support. Whether fixing bugs or creating new features - we would appreciate it! Please read our guideline for contribution and don't forget to check our issues list.

Credits

This package was heavily inspired by go-bindata library with same purpose but for Go language.

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Bleenco GmbH https://bleenco.com

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