Add convenience function to read the content from a file into a string given a path

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Mathieu David 2016-03-27 18:36:57 +02:00
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use std::path::{Path, Component};
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::io::{self, Read};
use std::fs::{self, metadata, File};
/// Takes a path to a file and try to read the file into a String
pub fn file_to_string(path: &Path) -> Result<String, Box<Error>> {
let mut file = match File::open(path) {
Ok(f) => f,
Err(e) => {
debug!("[*]: Failed to open {:?}", path);
return Err(Box::new(e));
},
};
let mut content = String::new();
if let Err(e) = file.read_to_string(&mut content) {
debug!("[*]: Failed to read {:?}", path);
return Err(Box::new(e));
}
Ok(content)
}
/// Takes a path and returns a path containing just enough `../` to point to the root of the given path.
///