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[LeDark Lua]

For example my file is in the: /Dada/Yup/FileContent/main.lua
And i want to find my file always, cuz this file will be changing locations

Thanks in advance.

[flaghacker]

shell.getRunningProgram ()

for the file path, and

fs.getDir (shell.getRunningProgram ())

for the directory.

[LewisTehMinerz]

I think fs.find is your answer.

(This code should work)

local file = textutils.serialize( fs.find( "main.lua" ) )
if #file == 0 then
  error( "Cannot find file...", 0 )
elseif #file ==  1 then
  print( "main.lua is located at: " .. file[ 1 ] )
elseif #file > 1 then
  print( "main.lua is at multiple locations." )
  print( "It could be at " .. file[ 1 ] )
  for i = 2, #file do
    print( "Or at " .. file[ i ] )
  end
end

[MKlegoman357]

 LewisTehMinerz, on 27 July 2015 - 11:26 AM, said:

I think fs.find is your answer.

(This code should work)

local file = textutils.serialize( fs.find( "main.lua" ) )
if #file == 0 then
  error( "Cannot find file...", 0 )
elseif #file ==  1 then
  print( "main.lua is located at: " .. file[ 1 ] )
elseif #file > 1 then
  print( "main.lua is at multiple locations." )
  print( "It could be at " .. file[ 1 ] )
  for i = 2, #file do
	print( "Or at " .. file[ i ] )
  end
end

fs.find doesn't look for a file in the whole filesystem. It simply allows to find files based on a given path. A part of the path can be a wildcard.

[LeDark Lua]

Thanks guys, ill test it tomorow.