1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmdutils.h b/cmdutils.h
index 549ade8767..ad8cefdeee 100644
--- a/cmdutils.h
+++ b/cmdutils.h
@@ -200,4 +200,15 @@ void show_pix_fmts(void);
  */
 int read_yesno(void);
 
+/**
+ * Reads the file with name filename, and puts its content in a newly
+ * allocated 0-terminated buffer.
+ *
+ * @param bufptr puts here the pointer to the newly allocated buffer
+ * @param size puts here the size of the newly allocated buffer
+ * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
+ * AVERROR error code in case of failure.
+ */
+int read_file(const char *filename, char **bufptr, size_t *size);
+
 #endif /* FFMPEG_CMDUTILS_H */