char* filetobuf(char *file) //will reac a file into an allocated char pointer buffer
{
    FILE *fptr;
    long length;
    char *buf;
    //opening the file
    fptr = fopen(file, "rb");
    struct stat statbuf;

    if(!fptr)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s\n", file);
        return NULL;
    }
    //fseek(fptr,0,SEEK_END); //go to the end of the file
    //length = ftell(fptr); //count bytes in "fptr" file
    if(fstat(file,&statbuf) < 0)
            return 1;
    length = statbuf.st_size;
    buf = malloc(length+1); //allocate a buffer for all the file and +1 for the null terminator
    //fseek(fptr, 0, SEEK_SET); //SEEK_SET = Begging of file >> go to hte start of the file
    fread(fptr, 1, length, buf);
    fclose(fptr); //close the file
    free(fptr);

    buf[length] = 0; //null terminator
    return buf;
}