How to read whole file? (C++)

How to read whole file? (C++)

FILE *fp;
long len;
char *buf;
fp=fopen("thefileyouwanttoread.txt","rb");
fseek(fp,0,SEEK_END); //go to end
len=ftell(fp); //get position at end (length)
fseek(fp,0,SEEK_SET); //go to beg.
buf=(char *)malloc(len); //malloc buffer
fread(buf,len,1,fp); //read into buffer
fclose(fp);