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Access embedded resource in command line tool
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <mach-o/dyld.h>
#import <mach-o/getsect.h>
#import <mach-o/ldsyms.h>
// Embed via other linker flags: -sectcreate __TEXT test $(PROJECT_DIR)/test.txt
// Names are limited to 16 characters.
NSData *MSEmbeddedResourceDataWithName(NSString *name) {
unsigned long size = 0;
uint8_t *data = getsectiondata(&_mh_execute_header, "__TEXT", [name UTF8String], &size);
return data ? [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:data length:size freeWhenDone:NO] : nil;
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
@autoreleasepool {
NSData *data = MSEmbeddedResourceDataWithName(@"test");
NSString *string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@", string);
}
return 0;
}
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