Add bin_to_header.py

bin_to_header.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Script to embed arbitrary binary files in C header files.
+
+CHARS_PER_LINE = 19
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print("Embed binary files in C headers.")
+    print("Usage: ")
+    print("  bin_to_header.py infile outfile.h")
+    print("outfile.h will be overwritten with the new contents.")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+infile_name = sys.argv[1]
+outfile_name = sys.argv[2]
+
+varname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(outfile_name))[0]
+
+infile = open(infile_name, "rb")
+outfile = open(outfile_name, "w")
+
+outfile.write("// Generated with " + " ".join(sys.argv) + "\n")
+outfile.write("\nstatic const unsigned char " + varname + "[] = {\n")
+
+while True:
+    data = infile.read(CHARS_PER_LINE)
+    if len(data) == 0:
+        break
+    outfile.write("    ")
+    for c in data:
+        # make it work both in Python 2.x (c is str) and 3.x (c is int)
+        if type(c) != int:
+            c = ord(c)
+        outfile.write("{0:3},".format(c))
+    outfile.write("\n")
+
+outfile.write("};\n")
+
+infile.close()
+outfile.close()