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fread() issues with multiple line files

Asked by madscientist in C Programming Language

Tags: C programming, fread, muliple line

Hi,

I'm trying to create a function for reading a plain text file using dynamic memory assignment, and it works fine ... but only if the file contains a single line. As soon as I go to 2 or more lines my gremlins error message pops up. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
char *file_contents_in;
 
int read_from_file(FILE *fp) {
 
	long filelen;
  void *file_data;
 
  fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
  filelen = ftell(fp);
  rewind(fp);
  printf("Chars in file: %d.\n\n", filelen);
  file_data = calloc(filelen + 1, sizeof(char));
 
  if (file_data == NULL) { puts("not enough memory..."); /* Not enough memory. Report error & exit */ }
 
  if (fread(file_data, filelen, 1, fp)) {
    file_contents_in = (char *) file_data;
    return 1;
  } else {
    return 0;
  }
 
}
 
int main() {
 
  FILE *fp;
 
	fp = fopen("hello.txt", "r");
  
  if (read_from_file(fp)) {
    puts(file_contents_in);
  } else {
    puts("woops, the gremlins be out to play");
  }
 
}
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