Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: require vs dofile (lua 5.1.4 windows)
> but require also looks in the current working directory
>
> I find a way to solve this
>
> use require "..\\a\\a" ok
> while require "..\\a\\a.lua" error
>
> very confuse about this.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "HyperHacker" <
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> To: "Lua list" <
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> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: require vs dofile (lua 5.1.4 windows)
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 00:13, mos <
mmosquito@163.com> wrote:
>> Hi!
>> there are 2 files in 2 fold like:
>> a
>> a.lua
>> b
>> b.lua
>>
>> the b.lua use
>> require "..\\a\\a.lua"
>> will get a error can not find a.lua
>>
>> but use
>> dofile("..\\a\\a.lua")
>> will ok
>>
>> I don't konw why.
>>
>> Best Regard
>> yujiang
>>
>
> require() looks in the paths in package.path and package.cpath, while
> dofile() looks in the current working directory. See
>
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-require
>
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