C/C++ Embedded Resources using CMake: This is a short CMake function that copies a folder of data files into a single header file that can be used in an application as embedded resources. This is an easy, cross-platform way to include a bunch of text data into an executable.

create_resources.cmake

# Creates C resources file from files in given directory
function(create_resources dir output)
    # Create empty output file
    file(WRITE ${output} "")
    # Collect input files
    file(GLOB bins ${dir}/*)
    # Iterate through input files
    foreach(bin ${bins})
        # Get short filename
        string(REGEX MATCH "([^/]+)$" filename ${bin})
        # Replace filename spaces & extension separator for C compatibility
        string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.| |-" "_" filename ${filename})
        # Read hex data from file
        file(READ ${bin} filedata HEX)
        # Convert hex data for C compatibility
        string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9a-f][0-9a-f])" "0x\\1," filedata ${filedata})
        # Append data to output file
        file(APPEND ${output} "const char ${filename}[] = {${filedata}0x00};\nconst unsigned ${filename}_size = sizeof(${filename});\n")
    endforeach()
endfunction()