Re: Inferring the location of a Lua script

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzo.donati.bz@...>]

KHMan wrote:
> Robert Raschke wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Lorenzo Donati wrote:
> >
> >     Now to the point.
> >     I need a way to make a Lua script know it's exact location, i.e. its
> > [snip]
> >    
> > I don't think this is possible without using C. I use 
> > GetModuleFileName() in my Windows C startup code to find where the 
> > EXE is that got invoked.
> >
> > But there's also the location of a particular Lua script you're 
> > getting via require. I don't know if that allows you to figure out 
> > where it came from.
>
> Depending on how "proper" Lorenzo wants it to work, for "100% works" 
> Unicode paths may also have to be supported... Hard to accomplish 
> using pure Lua.
Wow! Really a prompt response!
Many thanks to all involved, I greatly appreciate that.
Lots of stuff on which to ponder! :-)
I didn't even think of the Unicode issue - usually I stick to ANSI names 
(old DOS habits) but good to know when it comes to look for unknown files!
I will let you know as soon as I have time to try out all those hints 
and ideas.
Thanks a lot again.
Lorenzo