//More examples - https://github.com/metalx1000/C-Code-with-embedded-files /* * Copyright (c) 2017 Kris Occhipint. * http://filmsbykris.com * * Embed text files in a C program * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, version 3. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ #include //create object file -- architecture may very //objcopy --input binary --output elf64-x86-64 --binary-architecture i386 file.txt file.o //compile: gcc textfile_3_obj.c file.o -o textfile_3_obj //for windows/mingw remove underscores extern char _binary_file_txt_start; extern char _binary_file_txt_end; int main(){ char* p = &_binary_file_txt_start; while ( p != &_binary_file_txt_end ) putchar(*p++); return 0; }