src/usr.bin/file2c/file2c.c, branch release/2.2.5_cvs FreeBSD source tree This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 1997-10-21T01:56:05+00:00 cvs2svn cvs2svn@FreeBSD.org 1997-10-21T01:56:05+00:00 14d01796b1ab61a57dbd60da66d8dac699a0a2e7 'RELENG_2_2_5_RELEASE'. This commit was manufactured to restore the state of the 2.2.5-RELEASE image. Releases prior to 5.3-RELEASE are omitting the secure/ and crypto/ subdirs. 
'RELENG_2_2_5_RELEASE'.

This commit was manufactured to restore the state of the 2.2.5-RELEASE image.
Releases prior to 5.3-RELEASE are omitting the secure/ and crypto/ subdirs.
This is a small little program used to execute a bad practice a clean way :-) 1995-01-29T00:49:57+00:00 Poul-Henning Kamp phk@FreeBSD.org 1995-01-29T00:49:57+00:00 b71255826d1d45138860ed523758592a2c7a0b73 It will read a file on stdin and write it as decimal integers on stdout, this is useful for embedding files in c-sources. There are a few places where this is needed, and this is a better way than the current practice of hand-editing the sources. The command: date | file2c 'const char date[] = {' ',0};' will produce: const char date[] = { 83,97,116,32,74,97,110,32,50,56,32,49,54,58,52,55,58,51,51,32,80,83,84, 32,49,57,57,53,10 ,0}; The manual page is 2 lines longer than the source :-) 
It will read a file on stdin and write it as decimal integers on stdout,
this is useful for embedding files in c-sources.

There are a few places where this is needed, and this is a better way than
the current practice of hand-editing the sources.

The command:

date | file2c 'const char date[] = {' ',0};'

will produce:

const char date[] = {
83,97,116,32,74,97,110,32,50,56,32,49,54,58,52,55,58,51,51,32,80,83,84,
32,49,57,57,53,10
,0};

The manual page is 2 lines longer than the source :-)