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file.lua

Build Status

Basic file functions for Lua.

Why?

Because learning a new language is still kind of fun.

Installation

luarocks build https://raw.github.com/gummesson/file.lua/master/file-dev-1.rockspec

API

file.exists

file.exists(path)

Determines if the file's path exists. Returns either true or false.

Example

file.exists('test.txt')

file.read

file.read(path[, mode])

Returns the content of the file by reading the given path and mode.

Example

file.read('test.txt')

file.write

file.write(path, content[, mode])

Writes to the file with the given path, content and mode.

Example

file.write('test.txt', 'Hello world!')

file.copy

file.copy(src, dest)

Copies the file by reading the src and writing it to the dest.

Example

file.copy('test.txt', 'test-copy.txt')

file.move

file.move(src, dest)

Moves the file from src to the dest.

Example

file.move('test-copy.txt', 'test/test.txt')

file.remove

file.remove(path)

Removes the file from the given path.

Example

file.remove('test.txt')

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Ellen Gummesson

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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  • Lua 90.0%
  • Makefile 10.0%