How can I include a data file at compile time? [duplicate]

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C/C++, can you #include a file into a string literal?

I have several data files that will be used as a strings in my program. I want to avoid the extra overhead of reading in the files at runtime.

I could hard code them all in but I much prefer to keep them in separate files.

I could included them but then I would need to enclose them with quotation marks and add "\" for every new line (and since this data is GLSL source it messes up the syntax highlighting).

Any Ideas?

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Make a script to convert the files into code. Have this script executed as part of your build process. The original files are what you check into source control and edit.