Program modifying config file

The problem is in my startup file which can be found here: http://pastebin.com/2zpMmLs2

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I have an IF statement check to see if a file exists and every time I run the program, if it doesn't detect the file, it creates a new one with the string "drives" in it. Now, this works. Then I check to see if there are arguments and, if there are, rewrite the config file to contain the argument passed instead.

However, if I don't give any arguments, the program will rewrite the config file to contain the string "drives", which makes me think that it's re-running through the original IF statement since I'm not modifying the config file else where. However, when I put a print() function in the IF statement, it doesn't call the function but still modifies the config file, which confuses me.

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If you want to try the program as I am, here's a pastebin for an installer: http://pastebin.comDVKnYWjY

If anyone could explain why the program's modifying the config file, that'd be great :D/>

You're doing "if fs.exists(…) then". This means that the code will only run if the file exists. It sounds like you want the opposite, so change line 3 to:

if not fs.exists("config/start.cfg") then

Edit: Also, instead of using table.getn(args) you can also just use #args. It's more compact.

apemanzilla, on 07 April 2015 - 02:20 PM said:

You're doing "if fs.exists(…) then". This means that the code will only run if the file exists. It sounds like you want the opposite, so change line 3 to:

if not fs.exists("config/start.cfg") then

Edit: Also, instead of using table.getn(args) you can also just use #args. It's more compact.

Thank you :D/> This got it working perfectly, and I'll most likely use your tip with #args