Module fs

filesystem interaction and functionality library

Introduction

The fs module provides easy and simple access to filesystem functions and other things, and acts an addition to the Lua standard library’s I/O and filesystem functions.

Functions

abs(path)

Gives an absolute version of path.

basename(path)

Gives the basename of path. For the rules, see Go’s filepath.Base

cd(dir)

Changes directory to dir

dir(path)

Returns the directory part of path. For the rules, see Go’s filepath.Dir

glob(pattern)

Glob all files and directories that match the pattern. For the rules, see Go’s filepath.Glob

join(paths…)

Takes paths and joins them together with the OS’s directory separator (forward or backward slash).

mkdir(name, recursive)

Makes a directory called name. If recursive is true, it will create its parent directories.

readdir(dir)

Returns a table of files in dir

stat(path)

Returns info about path