linux - C++ Stand-alone executable -

i'm writing program in c++ requires file in current directory, want distribute 1 executable. love2d uses distribution method games create .love file , use cat combine love2d binary , .love file (eg. cat love2d awesomegame.love > awesomegame). how can write program can use information @ end of itself, , extract out file.

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thanks wonderful @dawid, have got working in cleaner method suggested (see answer if want way). here final source code:

#include <fstream> #include "ncat.h"  using namespace std;  int main () {     ofstream ofile("ncat.exe", ios_base::out | ios_base::binary);     (unsigned long = 0 ; < ncat_exe_len; ++i) ofile << ncat_exe[i];     ofile.close();     return 0; } 

here's (binary) file i'm using: https://www.dropbox.com/s/21wps8usaqgthah/ncat.exe?dl=0

you can use xxd tool. can dump binary hex in c style include header.

eg.

> echo test > > xxd -i > a.h > cat a.h unsigned char a[] = {   0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x0a }; unsigned int a_len = 5; 

then include header , use a , a_len.

example:

before build:

xxd -i _file_name_ > _file_name_.h 

in program:

#include "_file_name_.h" void foo() {     std::ofstream file ("output.txt", std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::binary);     file << _file_name_; // believe array named after source file }