file

file is a minimal library for working with files in Lua.

The annotated source code is available.

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')