Re: confusing error message in os.rename (bug?)

[Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 03:00:36PM +0200, Wolfram Ladurner wrote:
> $ touch testfile
> $ lua -e 'assert( os.rename( "testfile", "/does/not/exist" ) )'
> lua: <command line>:1: testfile: No such file or directory
> stack traceback:
>         [C]: in function `assert'
>         <command line>:1: in main chunk
>         [C]: ?
> 
> The error message looks like the testfile does not exist, while it
> is the new name that is causing the error.

Lua has no way of knowing this, it is just reporting the error that the
ANSI C function has signalled.

B.