love.filesystem.newFile

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

• love.filesystem
• File