How can I get the contents of a file at build time into my C++ string?

Question

I have a file I am compiling in C++ in which I wish to have a string whose value is the contents of a file at the time of compilation.

In other words, I\'d like to #

Answer 1

To correctly create a header with the correct null termination in the string use sed:

xxd -i ${INPUT_FILE_NAME} | sed s/}\;/,0x00}\;/ > ${INPUT_FILE_PATH}.h

See http://gamesfromwithin.com/quick-tip-working-with-shaders-on-ios for details.