--- smsdaemon/util.cpp	2008/07/04 07:58:26	108
+++ smsdaemon/util.cpp	2008/12/07 00:59:05	132
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <cstring>
 #include "util.h"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -342,6 +344,29 @@
 		return (pclose(p));
 	}
 
+	string readfile(string filename)
+	{
+		string str;
+	    ifstream in(filename.c_str());
+    	if (in)
+	    {
+    	    char buffer[2048];
+        	in.read(buffer, 2047);
+			buffer[ in.gcount() ] = 0;
+	        str = string(buffer);
+    	    in.close();
+	    }
+    	else
+	    {
+    	    string message =  "Could no open ";
+        	message +=  filename;
+	        throw std::runtime_error(message);
+    	}
+	    return str;
+	}
+
+
+
 }