Re: detect if the current file is the main file ?

[Niklas Frykholm <niklas@...>]

> Hi,
>
> I know in python it is possible to detect if a file is used as a module
> or used as the main programm. And if it is run as the main programm run
> a main function.
> Is it possible to do the same with lua ? I tried with some
> debug functions without success.
>  
I've been using this (suppose the file is called "test.lua"):

if arg[0]:find("test%.lua$") then
 main()
end

It's not foolproof. The end user could have renamed the file "test.lua". 
Or he could be running some other program that ends in "test.lua".

// Niklas