love.filesystem.newFileData

Creates a new FileData object.

Function

Synopsis

data = love.filesystem.newFileData( contents, name, decoder )

Arguments

string contents

The contents of the file.

string name

The name of the file.

FileDecoder decoder ("file")

The method to use when decoding the contents.

Returns

FileData data

Your new FileData.

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new FileData from a file on the storage device.

Synopsis

data, err = love.filesystem.newFileData( filepath )

Arguments

string filepath

Path to the file.

Returns

FileData data

The new FileData, or nil if an error occurred.

string err

The error string, if an error occurred.

See Also

• love.filesystem
• FileData