2 FFLuCI - Filesystem tools
5 A module offering often needed filesystem manipulation functions
11 Copyright 2008 Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
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27 module("ffluci.fs", package.seeall)
34 -- Checks whether a file exists
35 function isfile(filename)
36 local fp = io.open(filename, "r")
37 if fp then fp:close() end
41 -- Returns the content of file
42 function readfile(filename)
43 local fp, err = io.open(filename)
49 local data = fp:read("*a")
54 -- Writes given data to a file
55 function writefile(filename, data)
56 local fp, err = io.open(filename, "w")
68 -- Returns the file modification date/time of "path"
70 return posix.stat(path, "mtime")
74 basename = posix.basename
77 dirname = posix.dirname
82 -- Alias for posix.mkdir
85 -- Alias for posix.rmdir
88 -- Alias for posix.stat
91 -- Alias for posix.chmod
94 -- Alias for posix.link
97 -- Alias for posix.unlink