Simple yet Useful File Functions

[LuaWeaver]

Hello again, LOVErs. I've made a few functions that work for Windows only that help with files : allowing you to save them outside of the normal save directory! I know people have used this before, but I made a few handy functions, called mkdir and mkfile.

http://pastebin.com/jqETiCvD

Remember, Windows only. I'll work on a Mac and a Linux (Korn and Bash shell) version later, once I figure out how to use the terminal on those... since I only work with Windows, I don't know much about those.

mkdir(parentDir, dirName) -- Creates a directory of the name dirName inside the directory parentDir.
mkfile(parentDir, fileName, fileContents) -- Creates a file of the name fileName containing the contents fileContents. fileContents supports newlines, it should be used with long strings.

getUser() -- shorthand for love.filesystem.getUserDirectory()
getSave() -- shorthand for love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()

Example code:

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function love.load()
   mkdir(getUser().."\\Desktop","love2Ddir")
   mkfile(getUser().."\\Desktop\\love2Ddir","example.txt",[[
This is a test message.
Hello from Love2D!]])
end

Demo :

fileFuncs.love

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