2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index aaf055a9..5ba2f55e 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "utils_cmd.h"
 #include "utils_base.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
 # include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -377,3 +378,20 @@ cmd_run_array (char *const *argv, output * out, output * err, int flags)
 
         return _cmd_close (fd);
 }
+
+int
+cmd_file_read ( char *filename, output *out, int flags)
+{
+        int fd;
+        if(out)
+                memset (out, 0, sizeof(output));
+
+        if ((fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
+                die( STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Error opening %s: %s"), filename, strerror(errno) );
+        }
+        
+        if(out)
+                out->lines = _cmd_fetch_output (fd, out, flags);
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.h b/lib/utils_cmd.h
index d54b2b4d..8ebb5894 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.h
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ typedef struct output output;
 /** prototypes **/
 int cmd_run (const char *, output *, output *, int);
 int cmd_run_array (char *const *, output *, output *, int);
+int cmd_file_read (char *, output *, int);
 
 /* only multi-threaded plugins need to bother with this */
 void cmd_init (void);