Embedding resources in executable using GCC

Question

I\'m looking for a way to easily embed any external binary data in a C/C++ application compiled by GCC.

A good example of what I\'d like to do is handling shader cod

Answer 1

As well as the suggestions already mentioned, under linux you can use the hex dump tool xxd, which has a feature to generate a C header file:

xxd -i mybinary > myheader.h