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- Subject: Re: A Batteries API specification (was Re: LuaDEAL - Lua DEad Alive Libraries)
- From: Jeff Pohlmeyer <yetanothergeek@...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 20:52:09 -0600
On Jan 22, 2020 5:47 PM Sean Conner wrote:
> Okay, second take. I've looked at LuaFileSystem, LuaPosix, PenLight and
> my own org.conman.fsys modules and I've come up with a set of minimal
> directory functions.
Looks like a good start. A few questions...
Why call it "setwd" instead of the more conventional "chdir" ?
If info() is called on a symlink, does it return info about the link
itself, or the file the link points to?
(Maybe that could be a separate function or perhaps an optional
"aslink" boolean parameter.)
If timestamp() is called on a nonexistent file, will it attempt create
the file? (a la "touch")
It would also be nice to have a small subset of permission functions,
maybe just whether a file can be read, written, or created.
- Jeff
