Re: [5.1.4/newbie] "attempt to index ... 'file' (a nil value)"?

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

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Gilles Ganault <gilles.ganault@free.fr> wrote:
> local file = io.open ('/var/tmp/myfile.txt',w)

You need quotes around the w; w is probably nil, so it tries to open
for reading  (the default)

steve d.