fs API usage

Okay, so I'm making a little program for controlling a few mob spawners. I'm using Direwolf20's "Button API", to make fancy buttons. I've successfully implemented buttons for 6 spawners, and the functions these buttons trigger. I want to be able to save the state of each spawner to a file, so that whenever the server I'm on restarts, the computer will remember the state of each spawner. I've tried to implement this into /one/ of my button functions, with no success. The computer sets the state of the spawner to false each time I press the button, even though it should toggle it. I think this is because I'm doing something wrong with the fs API.

Code:

os.unloadAPI("button")
os.loadAPI("ButtonAPI")
m = peripheral.wrap("right")
m.clear()
whiteActive = false
orangeActive = false
magentaActive = false
lightBlueActive = false
yellowActive = false
limeActive = false
rs.setBundledOutput("left", 0)
function fillTable()
  ButtonAPI.setTable("Enderman #1", enderman1, 4,20,3,5)
  ButtonAPI.setTable("Enderman #2", enderman2,4,20,7,9)
  ButtonAPI.setTable("Enderman #3", enderman3,4,20,11,13)
  ButtonAPI.setTable("Enderman #4", enderman4,4,20,15,17)
  ButtonAPI.setTable("Blaze #1", blaze1, 22,38,3,5)
  ButtonAPI.setTable("Blaze #2", blaze2, 22,38,7,9)
  ButtonAPI.screen()
end
function getClick()
  event, side, x, y = os.pullEvent("monitor_touch")
  ButtonAPI.checkxy(x,y)
end
function enderman1()
  ButtonAPI.toggleButton("Enderman #1")
   E1R = fs.open("F1", "r")
   whiteState = E1R.readLine()
   E1R.close()
   if state == "false" then
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum + 1
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	whiteActiveSet = true
   else
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum - 1
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	whiteActiveSet = false
   end
  E1W = fs.open("F1", "w")
  E1W.write(whiteActiveSet)
  E1W.close()
  print("Enderman Spawner #1 was toggled to: " ..tostring(whiteActiveSet))
end
function enderman2()
   ButtonAPI.toggleButton("Enderman #2")
   if orangeActive == false then
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum + 2
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	orangeActiveSet = true
   else
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum - 2
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	orangeActiveSet = false
   end
  orangeActive = orangeActiveSet
  print("Enderman Spawner #2 was toggled to: " ..tostring(orangeActive))
end
function enderman3()
   ButtonAPI.toggleButton("Enderman #3")
   if magentaActive == false then
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum + 4
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	magentaActiveSet = true
   else
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum - 4
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	magentaActiveSet = false
   end
  magentaActive = magentaActiveSet
  print("Enderman Spawner #3 was toggled to: " ..tostring(magentaActive))
end
function enderman4()
   ButtonAPI.toggleButton("Enderman #4")
   if lightBlueActive == false then
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum + 8
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	lightBlueActiveSet = true
   else
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum - 8
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	lightBlueActiveSet = false
   end
  lightBlueActive = lightBlueActiveSet
  print("Enderman Spawner #4 was toggled to: " ..tostring(lightBlueActive))
end
function blaze1()
  ButtonAPI.toggleButton("Blaze #1")
   if yellowActive == false then
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum + 16
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	yellowActiveSet = true
   else
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum - 16
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	yellowActiveSet = false
   end
  yellowActive = yellowActiveSet
  print("Blaze Spawner #1 was toggled to: " ..tostring(whiteActive))
end
function blaze2()
   ButtonAPI.toggleButton("Blaze #2")
   if limeActive == false then
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum + 32
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	limeActiveSet = true
   else
	colourNum = rs.getBundledOutput("left")
	newColourNum = colourNum - 32
	rs.setBundledOutput("left", newColourNum)
	limeActiveSet = false
   end
  limeActive = limeActiveSet
  print("Blaze Spawner #2 was toggled to: " ..tostring(whiteActive))
end
fillTable()
ButtonAPI.heading("Spawner Control")
while true do
  getClick()
end

You read the string into whiteState, then compare state to "false". You might consider using one of the two variables in both places.

Aha, thanks, I knew I had fucked up somewhere. ;D

I don't know if this topic is dead or not, but I want my computer to do the same thing.

Can you explain the code a bit more?
I implemented your code in mine: (the print thing is just for testing purposes, it will be a rednet signal in the end)

function scrap()
   button.toggleButton("Scrap")
   E1R = fs.open("F1", "r")
   scrapState = E1R.readLine()
   E1R.close()
	   if state == "false"then
		 print("Test1true")
		 scrapActiveSet = true
	   else
		 print("test1false")
		 scrapActiveSet = false
	   end
   E1W = fs.open("F1", "w")
   E1W.write(scrapActiveSet)
   E1W.close()
   print("Recyclers state is: "..tostring(scrapActiveSet))
end

But now:
How do i fix it with the false thingy? I'm not that good of a coder so I don't know what's wrong :S

Please help me.

Greetings,

WestBound

Again, like OP, you're using two variables, scrapState and state. Pick one. Use it both places.