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27 <h1>LuaFileSystem</h1>
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60 <h2><a name="overview"></a>Overview</h2>
62 <p>LuaFileSystem is a <a href="http://www.lua.org">Lua</a> library
63 developed to complement the set of functions related to file
64 systems offered by the standard Lua distribution.</p>
66 <p>LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access
67 the underlying directory structure and file attributes.</p>
69 <p>LuaFileSystem is free software and uses the same
70 <a href="license.html">license</a> as Lua 5.1.</p>
72 <h2><a name="status"></a>Status</h2>
74 <p>Current version is 1.5.0. It was developed for Lua 5.1.</p>
76 <h2><a name="download"></a>Download</h2>
78 <p>LuaFileSystem source can be downloaded from its
79 <a href="http://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Github</a>
80 page.</p>
82 <h2><a name="history"></a>History</h2>
84 <dl class="history">
85 <dt><strong>Version 1.5.0</strong> [20/Oct/2009]</dt>
86 <li>Added explicit next and close methods to second return value of lfs.dir
87 (the directory object), for explicit iteration or explicit closing.</li>
88 <li>Added directory locking via lfs.lock_dir function (see the <a href="manual.html">manual</a>).</li>
89 <dt><strong>Version 1.4.2</strong> [03/Feb/2009]</dt>
90 <dd>
91 <ul>
92 <li>fixed bug [<a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&amp;group_id=66&amp;aid=13198&amp;atid=356">#13198</a>]
93 lfs.attributes(filename, 'size') overflow on files > 2 Gb again (bug report and patch by KUBO Takehiro).</li>
94 <li>fixed bug [<a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?group_id=66&amp;atid=356&amp;func=detail&amp;aid=39794">#39794</a>]
95 Compile error on Solaris 10 (bug report and patch by Aaron B).</li>
96 <li>fixed compilation problems with Borland C.</li>
97 </ul>
98 </dd>
100 <dt><strong>Version 1.4.1</strong> [07/May/2008]</dt>
101 <dd>
102 <ul>
103 <li>documentation review</li>
104 <li>fixed Windows compilation issues</li>
105 <li>fixed bug in the Windows tests (patch by Shmuel Zeigerman)</li>
106 <li>fixed bug [<a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&amp;group_id=66&amp;aid=2185&amp;atid=356">#2185</a>]
107 <code>lfs.attributes(filename, 'size')</code> overflow on files > 2 Gb
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112 <dt><strong>Version 1.4.0</strong> [13/Feb/2008]</dt>
113 <dd>
114 <ul>
115 <li>added function
116 <a href="manual.html#setmode"><code>lfs.setmode</code></a>
117 (works only in Windows systems).</li>
118 <li><a href="manual.html#attributes"><code>lfs.attributes</code></a>
119 raises an error if attribute does not exist</li>
120 </ul>
121 </dd>
123 <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.3/">Version 1.3.0</a></strong> [26/Oct/2007]</dt>
124 <dd>
125 <ul>
126 <li>added function
127 <a href="manual.html#symlinkattributes"><code>lfs.symlinkattributes</code></a>
128 (works only in non Windows systems).</li>
129 </ul>
130 </dd>
132 <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.2/">Version 1.2.1</a></strong> [08/May/2007]</dt>
133 <dd>
134 <ul>
135 <li>compatible only with Lua 5.1 (Lua 5.0 support was dropped)</li>
136 </ul>
137 </dd>
139 <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.2/">Version 1.2</a></strong> [15/Mar/2006]</dt>
140 <dd>
141 <ul>
142 <li>added optional argument to
143 <a href="manual.html#attributes"><code>lfs.attributes</code></a></li>
144 <li>added function
145 <a href="manual.html#rmdir"><code>lfs.rmdir</code></a></li>
146 <li>bug correction on <a href="manual.html#dir"><code>lfs.dir</code></a></li>
147 </ul>
148 </dd>
150 <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.1/">Version 1.1</a></strong> [30/May/2005]</dt>
151 <dd>
152 <ul>
153 <li>added function <a href="manual.html#touch"><code>lfs.touch</code></a>.</li>
154 </ul>
155 </dd>
157 <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.0/">Version 1.0</a></strong> [21/Jan/2005]</dt>
158 <dd />
160 <dt><strong>Version 1.0 Beta</strong> [10/Nov/2004]</dt>
161 <dd />
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164 <h2><a name="credits"></a>Credits</h2>
166 <p>LuaFileSystem was designed by Roberto Ierusalimschy,
167 Andr&eacute; Carregal and Tom&aacute;s Guisasola as part of the
168 <a href="http://www.keplerproject.org">Kepler Project</a>,
169 which holds its copyright. LuaFileSystem is currently maintained by F&aacute;bio Mascarenhas.</p>
171 <h2><a name="contact"></a>Contact us</h2>
173 <p>For more information please
174 <a href="mailto:info-NO-SPAM-THANKS@keplerproject.org">contact us</a>.
175 Comments are welcome!</p>
177 <p>You can also reach other Kepler developers and users on the Kepler Project
178 <a href="http://luaforge.net/mail/?group_id=104">mailing list</a>.</p>
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