Reading From Diskette

Hello guys!

I just installed ComputerCraft(with Turtles) and was messing around with it for the last hour.
Since I suck BIG time in programming, I never figured out how to read data from a file on the diskette

My computer is linked with the floppy drive, I can detect if there is a diskette or not, data or not, but I don't know how to actually read the text from the file on diskette.


Thanks for your help!!

(Sorry for my bad English, my native language is French!)

f = fs.open('your/path/to/disk/program', r)
print(f:readLines())

when trying with your code, it states "waiting for <eof> at blablabla

This Error usually happens to me, if i've put too much "end" commands in my code.

now it states
: bad argument, string expected.

try 'f = fs.open('your/path/to/disk/program', "r")'

bad argument, string expected >_>

Liraal, on 25 February 2012 - 07:50 PM said:

try 'f = fs.open('your/path/to/disk/program', "r")'

I tried it alone, and it returned no error.
However, when trying to add
'print(f:readLines())'
states attempt to call nil

so try this (it's my preferable approach:D)

file=io.open(filepathwhatever, "r")
print(file:read("*a"))

damn xD surely there's something wrong with me, because now it states :
attempt to perform arithmetic __div on table and nil

zOMG

finaly found how!!!

file=io.open("filepathwhatever","r")
print(file:read())

damn " "