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Represents a file on the filesystem.
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Represents a file on the filesystem. A function that takes a file path can also take a File.
 
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== Constructors ==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:27, 22 June 2016

Represents a file on the filesystem. A function that takes a file path can also take a File.

Constructors

love.filesystem.newFile Creates a new File object.

Functions

These functions have parentheses in odd places. This is because the File: namespace is reserved in Mediawiki.

(File):close Closes a File.
(File):eof If the end-of-file has been reached Removed in 0.10.0
(File):flush Flushes any buffered written data in the file to disk. Added since 0.9.0
(File):getBuffer Gets the buffer mode of a file. Added since 0.9.0
(File):getFilename Gets the filename that the File object was created with. Added since 0.10.0
(File):getMode Gets the FileMode the file has been opened with. Added since 0.9.0
(File):getSize Returns the file size.
(File):isEOF Gets whether end-of-file has been reached. Added since 0.10.0
(File):isOpen Gets whether the file is open. Added since 0.9.0
(File):lines Iterate over all the lines in a file.
(File):open Open the file for write, read or append.
(File):read Read a number of bytes from a file
(File):seek Seek to a position in a file
(File):setBuffer Sets the buffer mode for a file opened for writing or appending. Added since 0.9.0
(File):tell Returns the position in the file.
(File):write Write data to a file.
Object:release Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference. Added since 11.0
Object:type Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf Checks whether an object is of a certain type.

Enums

BufferMode Buffer modes for File objects. Added since 0.9.0
FileMode The different modes you can open a File in.

Supertypes

See Also


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