C++ read the whole file in buffer [duplicate]

Answer 1

Something I have in most of my programs:

/** Read file into string. */
inline std::string slurp (const std::string& path) {
  std::ostringstream buf; 
  std::ifstream input (path.c_str()); 
  buf << input.rdbuf(); 
  return buf.str();
}

Can be placed in a header.
I think I have found it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/116220/257568