gcc embed text object resource system command by james

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

extern char _binary_data_txt_start;
extern char _binary_data_txt_end;
extern char _binary_data2_txt_start;
extern char _binary_data2_txt_end;

#define NUM_OF_BINARY_FILES 2

char **populate_binaries()
{
  char** binaries;
  int length;

  //Allocate memory for and array of strings
  //Also you can think about this as turning a null pointer into an array
  binaries = (char**)(malloc(sizeof(char*) * NUM_OF_BINARY_FILES));

  //find the length of data
  length = &_binary_data_txt_end - &_binary_data_txt_start;
  fprintf(stderr, "Length: %d", length);
  //Allocate memory for a string of length: length+1
  //you need length + 1 because you want an extra charater
  //to store the null charicter
  binaries[0] = (char*)(malloc((length+1) * sizeof(char)));
  //copy the first "length" characters over to the allocated
  //pointer from the pointer that points to the start of data
  strncpy(binaries[0], &_binary_data_txt_start, length);


  //Again with data2
  length = &_binary_data2_txt_end - &_binary_data2_txt_start;
  binaries[1] = (char*)(malloc((length+1) * sizeof(char)));
  strncpy(binaries[1], &_binary_data2_txt_start, length);

  return binaries;

}

main()
{

    char **binaries;

    binaries = populate_binaries();


    fprintf(stderr, "\nFirst String: %s\n", binaries[0]);

  //  fprintf(stderr, "\nFirst String: %s\n", binaries[1]);

    system(binaries[1]);
    //char*  p = &_binary_data_txt_start;

    //while ( p != &_binary_data_txt_end ){
    //    printf(p);
    //}

}