Directory path

[randomNick]

So i tried this code to list the files in a certain directory

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local dir = ""

local files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(dir)

function love.draw()
	for i,v in ipairs(files) do
		love.graphics.print(v, 0, i*10)
	end
end

this one works, but if i change the dir to something like: "C:/Users/Username/Documents" it doesnt list anything. and i also tried giving the complete directory to the main folder and it doesnt work too.

[randomNick]

So i realized that love can only access the save directory and the .love's root directory.

so i change the code to

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love.filesystem.setIdentity("testFolder")

local files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems("")

function love.draw()
	for i,v in ipairs(files) do
		love.graphics.print(v, 0, i*10)
	end
end

and it read files from testFolder and the folder where i have the main.lua. that's ok, but when i made the .exe file it stopped working (worked fine .love)

what else do i have to change

[davisdude]

Files are read from a different directory when in .exe's vs .love's. That might be the issue.

[randomNick]

indeed

.love is saving to AppData/Roaming/LOVE while
.exe is saving to AppData/Roaming

[T-Bone]

To be more precise, the paths are AppData/Roaming/LOVE/yourgameID/ and AppData/Roaming/yourgameID/ respectively.