File

Represents a file on the filesystem.

Constructors

love.filesystem.newFile	Creates a new File object.
love.filesystem.openFile	Opens a new File object, which represents an existing or new file on disk.

Functions

These functions have parentheses in odd places. This is because the File: namespace is reserved in Mediawiki.

(File):close	Closes a File.
(File):eof	If the end-of-file has been reached
(File):flush	Flushes any buffered written data in the file to disk.
(File):getBuffer	Gets the buffer mode of a file.
(File):getFilename	Gets the filename that the File object was created with.
(File):getMode	Gets the FileMode the file has been opened with.
(File):getSize	Returns the file size.
(File):isEOF	Gets whether end-of-file has been reached.
(File):isOpen	Gets whether the file is open.
(File):lines	Iterate over all the lines in a file.
(File):open	Open the file for write, read or append.
(File):read	Read a number of bytes from a file
(File):seek	Seek to a position in a file
(File):setBuffer	Sets the buffer mode for a file opened for writing or appending.
(File):tell	Returns the position in the file.
(File):write	Write data to a file.
BezierCurve	A Bézier curve object that can evaluate and render Bézier curves of arbitrary degree.
Body	Bodies are objects with velocity and position.
ByteData	Data object containing arbitrary bytes in an contiguous memory.
Canvas	Off-screen render target.
Canvas (Nederlands)	Off-screen render target.
ChainShape	A ChainShape consists of multiple line segments.
Channel	An object which can be used to send and receive data between different threads.
CircleShape	Circle extends Shape and adds a radius and a local position.
CompressedData	Byte data compressed using a specific algorithm.
CompressedImageData	Compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM and on the GPU.
Contact	Contacts are objects created to manage collisions in worlds.
Cursor	Represents a hardware cursor.
Data	The superclass of all data.
Decoder	An object which can gradually decode a sound file.
DistanceJoint	Keeps two bodies at the same distance.
Drawable	Superclass for all things that can be drawn on screen.
DroppedFile	Represents a file dropped from the window.
EdgeShape	EdgeShape is a line segment.
File	Represents a file on the filesystem.
FileData	Data representing the contents of a file.
Fixture	Fixtures attach shapes to bodies.
Font	Defines the shape of characters than can be drawn onto the screen.
FontData	A FontData represents a font.
Framebuffer	Off-screen render target.
FrictionJoint	A FrictionJoint applies friction to a body.
GearJoint	Keeps bodies together in such a way that they act like gears.
GlyphData	A GlyphData represents a drawable symbol of a font.
GraphicsBuffer	Low-level data stored in graphics memory, including arrays of vertices, vertex indices, and custom collections of data accessible in Shaders.
Image	Drawable image type.
ImageData	Raw (decoded) image data.
Joint	Attach multiple bodies together to interact in unique ways.
Joystick	Represents a physical joystick.
Mesh	A 2D polygon mesh used for drawing arbitrary textured shapes.
MotorJoint	Controls the relative motion between two Bodies
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Enums

BufferMode	Buffer modes for File objects.
FileMode	The different modes you can open a File in.

See Also

• love.filesystem