[c] CSV to XML - Printable Version

Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

#include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>

using namespace std;

std::vector<std::string> tokens, options;

string in_buffer, out_buffer,
    root_element, attr_element;

long item_count;

int read_file_to_buffer( string filename )
{
    char line[12];
    FILE* pFile = fopen( filename.c_str(), "r" );
    if( pFile != NULL ) {
        while( fgets( line, sizeof( line ), pFile ) ) {
            in_buffer.append( line );
        }
    } else {
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

int write_buffer_to_file( string filename )
{
    FILE* pFile = fopen( filename.c_str(), "w" );
    if( pFile != NULL ) {
        fwrite (out_buffer.c_str(), sizeof(char), out_buffer.size(), pFile);
        fclose(pFile);
    } else {
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

int chop_and_screw_it()
{
    split(tokens, in_buffer,
        boost::algorithm::is_any_of(",\r\n") );

    int y=0, c=0;

    for(vector<int>::size_type i = 0; i != tokens.size(); i++ )
    {
        tokens[i] = boost::algorithm::replace_all_copy( tokens[i], "\"", "");

        if( y == 0 ) {
            out_buffer.append( "<" + attr_element + " id=\"" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>( c ) + "\">\n" +
               "<" + options[y] + ">" + tokens[i] + "</" + options[y] + ">\n" );
            y++; c++;
        } else if( y > 0 && y < item_count-1) {
            out_buffer.append( "<" + options[y] + ">" + tokens[i] + "</" + options[y] + ">\n" );
            y++;
        } else {
            out_buffer.append( "<" + options[y] + ">" + tokens[i] + "</" + options[y] + ">\n"
                + "</" + attr_element + ">\r\n\r\n" );
            y=0;
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    if( argc > 5 )
    {
        root_element=argv[3];
        attr_element=argv[4];

        item_count = argc-5;

        for( int x = 5; x <= argc-1; x++ ) {
           options.push_back( argv[x] );
        }
   } else {
        printf("csv2xml<: usage: <input_file> <output_file> <root_element> <attr_element> <element_names>\r\n");
        return 1;
    }
    read_file_to_buffer( argv[1] );

    if( !in_buffer.empty()){
        chop_and_screw_it();
    } else {
        printf("csv2xml<: unable to read file\r\n");
        return 2;
    }

    if( write_buffer_to_file( argv[2] ) == 0 ) {
        printf("csv2xml<: saved xml file to disk\r\n");
    } else {
        printf("csv2xml<: unable to save file\r\n");
        return 3;
    }

    return 0;
}