Lua question on file checking

[klem]

Why doesn't this work as a Do Script File or even DoScript:

 

name = "C:\\DCS\\Test.txt"

if file_exists(name) then blah blah

......

......

 

function file_exists(name)

f = io.open(name,"r")

if f then

return false

else

io.close(f)

return true

end

end

 

I get error message at f = io.open(name, "r") as

"attempt to index 'io' (a nil value)

 

It works in LuaEdit 2010

[Nero.ger]

io,lfs and os functions are blocked in mission scripts to prevent missions stealing your credit card or wreking your harddrive :)

there is a way to deactivate those protections (see '\Scripts\MissionScripting.lua') but its on a 'per person basis' so even if you do it everyone who wants to play your mission has to do it himself

[klem]

io,lfs and os functions are blocked in mission scripts to prevent missions stealing your credit card or wreking your harddrive :)

there is a way to deactivate those protections (see '\Scripts\MissionScripting.lua') but its on a 'per person basis' so even if you do it everyone who wants to play your mission has to do it himself

 

Thanks for the explanation Nero.ger