Re: file:write() fails silently for read-only files

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

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:21 AM, startx <startx@plentyfact.org> wrote:
>  f = io.open('foo.foo', 'r')
>  success = f:write('ffd')
>  f:close()
> success will be NIL if the file cannot be written to.

Ah, but not always!

f = io.open('errio.lua')
for i = 1,3 do
  print(f:read())
end
print(f:write('hello dolly'))
f:close()

On this machine (Windows XP) that write returns true - a silent error!
Must be Windows weirdness, because this script does behave as you
expect on Linux.

steve d.