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

The only way I can think of is to have another file generated off your file as a pre-compile step. You can build a small utility which will do it for you. This utility can take care of double-quotes and you can call it before compilation in your build file