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cha55son
cha55son

Reputation: 423

Corona SDK pathToFile issue

In my app I have a structure similar to the following:

app (baseDirectory)
 |
 +-> config
      |
      +-> Levels

When using corona I am trying to autoload all files in the Levels directory. Below is how I am currently doing it. Note: This does work on Windows just not mac.

local dirPath = system.pathForFile('config/Levels')
for file in lfs.dir(dirPath) do
    if (file ~= '.' and file ~= '..') then
        -- require the file
    end
end

Now if I use the following it works on Mac but not the 'config/Levels'.

local dirPath = system.pathForFile('config')

I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I am doing something wrong. I would assume since it works on Windows but not on Mac that it would be a bug.

So in conclusion how can I get the following to work with the above directory structure

local dirPath = system.pathForFile('config/Levels')

Upvotes: 0

Views: 629

Answers (2)

cha55son
cha55son

Reputation: 423

After much debugging I have figured out the solution for Mac. Below is my function for getting files in a directory. Works for both Windows and Mac.

Must have a file named main.lua in the baseDirectory.

-- path is relative to the baseDirectory
function getFiles(path)
    local filenames = { }
    local baseDir = system.pathForFile('main.lua'):gsub("main.lua", "")
    for file in lfs.dir(baseDir .. path) do
        if (file ~= '.' and file ~= '..') then
            table.insert(filenames, file)
        end
    end
    if (#filenames == 0) then return false end
    return filenames
end

The problem is system.pathForFile('directory/subdirectory') does not work on Mac as it is strictly looking for a file. As long as it can find some file in the baseDirectory you can append on the relative path to retrieve all files in the intended directory.

Upvotes: 1

vovahost
vovahost

Reputation: 36017

One solution is to change "Levels" in "levels". Maybe it is case sensitive. Second solution is to not use "levels" directory inside config folder. Here is how I suggest to organize your files: 

 app (baseDirectory)  
 |  
 +-> • configLevels  
     • configPlayer  
     • configOther

Upvotes: 0

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