[1.48 or 1.5] One little fs API function I would like...

The fs api is quite useful for things like keeping track of variables inside files, but if the file it's trying to open doesn't exist, it just returns nil. I think you should either have it create that file, or you could add:

fs.make(filename)

It would be useful for things like this:

if fs.exists("file") then
  file = fs.open("file","r")
  contents = file.readAll()
  file.close()
  print(contents)
else
  fs.make("file")
  file = fs.open("file","w")
  contents = "BlahBlah"
  file.write(contents)
  file.close()
  print(contents)
end

and I know I would use it a LOT!

Thanks for taking your time to read,
[indent=5]Shnup :(/>/>[/indent]

Also read my Advanced Printers suggestion!

That's only the case if you're opening it for reading. To create a file, all you have to do is open it with writing mode.

fs.open('filename','w')

In terms of logic, though, it's definitely not really a straightforward solution.

Nope. The fs API closely mirrors the io API in terms of how it works. Pretty much every programming language works the same way - if opened with "w" it will create the file if not existing.

I think what might've happened is that Shnupbups100 has tried fs.open() on CCEmu.
Because when you try to do fs.open("something", "w") on a file that doesn't yet exist, CCEmu will return nil.

Yeah, either way it isn't our issue :(/>/>

The one time that fs.open("file", "w") will NOT make the file, is if it is in a folder which doesn't exist. And of course if there was an error making the file.