File

Represents a file on the filesystem.

Constructors

love.filesystem.newFile

Creates a new File object.

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.
Body	Bodies are objects with velocity and position.
CircleShape	Circle extends Shape and adds a radius and a local position.
Contact	Contacts are objects created to manage collisions in worlds.
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.
File	Represents a file on the filesystem.
FileData	Data representing the contents of a file.
Font	Defines the shape of characters than can be drawn onto the screen.
FontData	A FontData represents a font.
Framebuffer	Off-screen render target.
GearJoint	Keeps bodies together in such a way that they act like gears.
GlyphData	A GlyphData represents a drawable symbol of a font.
Image	Drawable image type.
ImageData	Raw (decoded) image data.
Joint	Attach multiple bodies together to interact in unique ways.
MouseJoint	For controlling objects with the mouse.
Object:type	Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf	Checks whether an object is of a certain type.
ParticleSystem	Used to create cool effects, like fire.
PolygonShape	Polygon is a convex polygon with up to 8 sides.
PrismaticJoint	Restricts relative motion between Bodies to one shared axis.
PulleyJoint	Allows you to simulate bodies connected through pulleys.
Quad	A quadrilateral with texture coordinate information.
Rasterizer	A Rasterizer represents font data and glyphs.
RevoluteJoint	Allow two Bodies to revolve around a shared point.
Shape	Shapes are objects used to control mass and collisions.
Shape (Français)	Les Shapes sont des objets pour contrôler les masses et les collisions.
SoundData	Contains raw audio samples.
Source	A Source represents audio you can play back.
SpriteBatch	Store image positions in a buffer, and draw it in one call.
SpriteBatch (Français)	Stock des positions d'image dans un tampon, puis les trace en un seul appel.
Thread	A Thread represents a thread.
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Enums

FileMode

The different modes you can open a File in.

Supertypes

Object

See Also

• love.filesystem

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