Converter of binary files to C array
Bin2C [-ascii] file.bin file.c c_array
Argument description:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| -ascii | optional, if provided, encode all ASCII printable characters as ASCII characters in the C array |
| file.bin | specifies binary input filename |
| file.c | specifies output C filename |
| c_array | specifies the name of the C array |
ASCII argument means, for example, that character A will be encoded as 'A' in the array instead of 0x41.
If located in the root folder of this repository (where README.md file is) the test results in the Test folder can be produced with the following commands:
./Exe/Win/Debug/Bin2C -ascii ./Test/Test.bin ./Test/Test_ASCII.c Test_ASCII_array
./Exe/Win/Debug/Bin2C ./Test/Test.bin ./Test/Test.c Test_array
.\Exe\Win\Debug\Bin2C -ascii .\Test\Test.bin .\Test\Test_ASCII.c Test_ASCII_array
.\Exe\Win\Debug\Bin2C .\Test\Test.bin .\Test\Test.c Test_array
Installed Rust.
To install Rust follow the instructions here.
In the folder Rust\Src execute the following commands:
cargo build
Executable will be created in the \Rust\target\Debug folder.
cargo build --release
Executable will be created in the \Rust\target\Release folder.
\Note Currently, only executable files for Microsoft windows are provided, but you can build executable files for MAC or Linux from source file using Rust on those Platforms.