--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gecko/src/commonFunctions.c	Thu Dec 13 07:59:25 2018 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "structs.h"
+
+void terror(char *s) {
+	printf("ERR**** %s ****\n", s);
+	exit(-1);
+}
+
+char buffered_fgetc(char *buffer, uint64_t *pos, uint64_t *read, FILE *f) {
+    if (*pos >= READBUF) {
+        *pos = 0;
+        memset(buffer, 0, READBUF);
+        *read = fread(buffer, 1, READBUF, f);
+    }
+    *pos = *pos + 1;
+    return buffer[*pos-1];
+}