Re: make local oddness and package.prefix

[Luis Carvalho <carvalho@...>]

> To find the current lua version, one simply types:
> 
> $ lua -v 2>&1 | awk '{print $2}'

lua -e 'print(string.match(_VERSION,"Lua (.*)"))'

> So far, the best way I know how to find the current lua prefix is:
> 
> $ lua -e 'print(package.path)' \
>   | awk -F\; '{print $2}' \
>   | sed 's-/share/lua/5\.1/?\.lua--'

lua -e 'print(string.match(package.path,".*;(.*)/share.*"))'

What do you think? It's certainly more portable. ;)

Cheers,
luis.

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Luis Carvalho
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