kinda forgot the point of loadFile()

template/test.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 #define GL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <SDL/SDL.h>
 #include <GL/gl.h>
 #include <GL/glu.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ char * loadFile(const char *fname)
     if (st.st_size <= 0)
         return NULL;
     char * buff = new char[st.st_size + 1];
+    int fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
+    read(fd, buff, st.st_size);
+    close(fd);
     buff[st.st_size] = '\0';
     return buff;
 }