love.filesystem

Provides an interface to the user's filesystem.

This module provides access to Files in two places, and two places only:

• The root folder of the .love-file. (Alternatively a directory).
• The root folder of the write directory.

Each game is granted a single directory on the system where files can be saved through love.filesystem. This is the only directory where love.filesystem can write files. These directories will typically be found in something like:

• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Love\ or %appdata%\Love\
• Windows Vista and 7: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\LOVE or %appdata%\Love\
• Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/love/ or ~/.local/share/love/
• mac: /Library/Application Support/LOVE/

Files that are opened for write or append will always be created in the save directory. The same goes for other operations that involve writing to the filesystem, like mkdir.

Files that are opened for read will be looked for in the save directory, and then in the game root folder (in that order). So if a file with a certain filename (and path) exist in both the .love-file and the save folder, the one in the save directory takes precedence.

Note: All paths are relative to the .love and save directory. (except for the get*Directory() calls)

It is recommended to set your game's identity first in your conf.lua. You can set it with love.filesystem.setIdentity() as well.

Types

DroppedFile

Represents a file dropped from the window.

Functions

love.filesystem.append	Append data to an existing file.
love.filesystem.areSymlinksEnabled	Gets whether love.filesystem follows symbolic links.
love.filesystem.createDirectory	Creates a directory.
love.filesystem.getCRequirePath	Gets the filesystem paths that will be searched for c libraries when require is called.
love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems	Returns all the files and subdirectories in the directory.
love.filesystem.getIdentity	Gets the write directory name for your game.
love.filesystem.getInfo	Gets information about the specified file or directory.
love.filesystem.getLastModified	Gets the last modification time of a file.
love.filesystem.getRealDirectory	Gets the absolute path of the directory containing a filepath.
love.filesystem.getRequirePath	Gets the filesystem paths that will be searched when require is called.
love.filesystem.getSize	Gets the size in bytes of a file.
love.filesystem.getSource	Returns the full path to the .love file or directory.
love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory	Returns the full path to the directory containing the .love file.
love.filesystem.isFused	Gets whether the game is in fused mode or not.
love.filesystem.isSymlink	Gets whether a filepath is actually a symbolic link.
love.filesystem.load	Loads a Lua file (but does not run it).
love.filesystem.mount	Mounts a zip file or folder in the game's save directory for reading.
love.filesystem.mountFullPath	Mounts a full platform-dependent path to a zip file or folder for reading or writing in love.filesystem.
love.filesystem.openFile	Opens a new File object, which represents an existing or new file on disk.
love.filesystem.setCRequirePath	Sets the filesystem paths that will be searched for c libraries when require is called.
love.filesystem.setIdentity	Sets the write directory for your game.
love.filesystem.setRequirePath	Sets the filesystem paths that will be searched when require is called.
love.filesystem.setSymlinksEnabled	Sets whether love.filesystem follows symbolic links.
love.filesystem.unmount	Unmounts a zip file or folder previously mounted with love.filesystem.mount.
love.filesystem.unmountFullPath	Unmounts a zip file or folder previously mounted with love.filesystem.mountFullPath.

Enums

FileType	The type of a file.
LoadMode	Possible load modes for love.filesystem.load.

See Also

• love

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