Difference between revisions of "love.filesystem.newFile"

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Creates a new File object.  
 
Creates a new File object.  
 
It needs to be opened before it can be accessed.
 
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[parent::love.filesystem]]
 
* [[parent::love.filesystem]]
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* [[Constructs::File]]
 
[[Category:Functions]]
 
[[Category:Functions]]
 
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Revision as of 22:31, 16 February 2010

Creates a new File object. It needs to be opened before it can be accessed.

Function

Synopsis

file = love.filesystem.newFile( filename )

Arguments

string filename
The filename of the file to read.

Returns

File file
The new File object.

Examples

Open a file and read everything

file = love.filesystem.newFile("data.txt")
file:open('r')
data = file:read()

See Also