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== Other Languages ==
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{{i18n|love.filesystem.enumerate}}

Revision as of 09:48, 26 October 2010

Return all the files and subdirectories in the directory.

Note that this directory is relative to the love folder/archive being run. Absolute paths will not work.

Function

Synopsis

files = love.filesystem.enumerate( dir )

Arguments

string dir
The directory.

Returns

table files
The files/subdirectories in the directory

Examples

Recursively find and display all files and folders in a folder and its subfolders.

function love.load()
	filesString = recursiveEnumerate("", "")
end

-- This function will return a string filetree of all files
-- in the folder and files in all subfolders
function recursiveEnumerate(folder, fileTree)
	local lfs = love.filesystem
	local filesTable = lfs.enumerate(folder)
	for i,v in ipairs(filesTable) do
		local file = folder.."/"..v
		if lfs.isFile(file) then
			fileTree = fileTree.."\n"..file
		elseif lfs.isDirectory(file) then
			fileTree = fileTree.."\n"..file.." (DIR)"
			fileTree = recursiveEnumerate(file, fileTree)
		end
	end
	return fileTree
end
	
function love.draw()
	love.graphics.print(filesString, 0, 0)
end

See Also

Other Languages