#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

char * loadfile ( char * filename )
{

        struct stat fileinfo;
        stat ( filename, &fileinfo );
        char * file;
        file = ( char * ) malloc ( fileinfo.st_size );
        int fd;
        fd = open ( filename, O_RDONLY );
        if ( fd == -1 )
        {
                return "The function loadfile failed at opening the file,\n maybe due to a bad filename or lack of permission";
        }
        read ( fd, file, fileinfo.st_size );
        close ( fd );
        return file;

}