Basic file functions for Lua.
Because learning a new language is still kind of fun.
luarocks build https://raw.github.com/gummesson/file.lua/master/file-dev-1.rockspec
file.exists(path)Determines if the file's path exists. Returns either true or false.
file.exists('test.txt')file.read(path[, mode])Returns the content of the file by reading the given path and mode.
file.read('test.txt')file.write(path, content[, mode])Writes to the file with the given path, content and mode.
file.write('test.txt', 'Hello world!')file.copy(src, dest)Copies the file by reading the src and writing it to the dest.
file.copy('test.txt', 'test-copy.txt')file.move(src, dest)Moves the file from src to the dest.
file.move('test-copy.txt', 'test/test.txt')file.remove(path)Removes the file from the given path.
file.remove('test.txt')The MIT License (MIT)
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