Re: Lua, testing whether a file exists...

[Michael Roth <mroth@...>]

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The Doctor wrote:

| Please can someone tell me if Lua can tell if a file exists?

	function exists(filename)
	  local file = io.open(filename)
	  if file then
	    io.close(file)
	    return true
	  else
	    return false
	  end
	end


| I've tried testing for for a valid return from io.open(),
| but if the file doesn't exist, Lua throws up a default error,
| never mind trying to run my own handling code...

???

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