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Creating files

Writing files

Reading files

io.basename()

Works like standard Unix command basename. Returns the file name from a given path.

io.basename(<path>);

io.dirname()

Works like standard Unix command dirname. Returns the directory part from a given path.

io.basename(<path>);

io.readfile()

Reads and returns a complete file as a string.

io.readfile(file);

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io.basename()

io.dirname()

io.readfile()

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