/**
* read_file:
* @path : path to file.
* @buf : buffer to allocate and read the contents of the
* file into. Needs to be freed manually.
* @length : Number of items read, -1 on error.
*
* Read the contents of a file into @buf. Will call read_compressed_file
* if path contains a compressed file, otherwise will call read_generic_file.
*
* Returns: 1 if file read, 0 on error.
*/
int read_file(const char *path, void **buf, ssize_t *length)
{
#ifdef HAVE_COMPRESSION
if (path_contains_compressed_file(path))
{
if (read_compressed_file(path, buf, NULL, length))
return 1;
}
#endif
return read_generic_file(path, buf, length);
}
/* Generic file loader. */
long read_file(const char *path, void **buf)
{
/* Here we check, whether the file, we are about to read is
* inside an archive, or not.
*
* We determine, whether a file is inside a compressed archive,
* by checking for the # inside the URL.
*
* For example: fullpath: /home/user/game.7z/mygame.rom
* carchive_path: /home/user/game.7z
* */
#ifdef HAVE_COMPRESSION
if (path_contains_compressed_file(path))
return read_compressed_file(path,buf,0);
#endif
return read_generic_file(path,buf);
}
