Re: failing to require "lfs"

["steve donovan" <steve.j.donovan@...>]

If you type '= package.cpath' in your Lua prompt, what do you see? I
suspect that this %LUA_DIR% is a clue; you need to set explicit paths
in LUA_CPATH.

steve d.

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:04 PM,  <christof@schardt.info> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I downloaded the last win32-binaries for
>   Lua5.1.3
>   lua filesystem
>
>  I set the paths LUA_DUR and LUA_CPATH as required and
>  copied lfs.dll to the LUA_CPATH-location.
>
>  But when I do  require"lfs" ,I get this:
>
>  lua5: test-lfs-neu.lua:8: module 'lfs' not found:
>         no field package.preload['lfs']
>         no file 'lfs.lua'
>         no file '%LUA_DIR%\lfs.lua'
>         no file 'lfs.dll'
>         no file '%LUA_DIR%\lfs.dll'
>  stack traceback:
>         [C]: in function 'require'
>         test-lfs-neu.lua:8: in main chunk
>         [C]: ?
>
>  It has been asked before, but I execpt 'build it yourself'
>  I couldn't find an answer. Shouldn't binaries be working
>  out of the box? Who can help?
>
>  Thanks
>  Christof
>
>