Lua programming - os.execute() is not working in Windows

Question

I\'m creating a function in pure-Lua to scan the files from a directory and put they on a another file.

The command I tryed was:

os.execute( \"dir /B C:         


        

Answer 1

I just tested your code on my computer and it works correct (with my directories, of course). Maybe you are not getting the expected result because your directory string is broken with an newline char, resulting in:

dir /B C:\Users\Fernando\workspace\Organizator2\s1 > C:\Users\Fernando\
workspace\Organizator2\temp.txt

The correct should be:

dir /B C:\Users\Fernando\workspace\Organizator2\s1 > C:\Users\Fernando\workspace\Organizator2\temp.txt

Please try changing the do end to:

local source = "C:\\Users\\Fernando\\workspace\\Organizator2\\s1" 
local directory  = ScanDirectory(source, "C:\\Users\\Fernando\\workspace\\Organizator2\\temp.txt")