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authorsfan5 <sfan5@live.de>2017-11-07 11:46:06 +0100
committerSmallJoker <mk939@ymail.com>2018-06-03 17:32:00 +0200
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Add minetest.safe_write_file() to script API
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@@ -2223,6 +2223,10 @@ Helper functions
* nil: return all entries,
* true: return only subdirectory names, or
* false: return only file names.
+* `minetest.safe_file_write(path, content)`: returns boolean indicating success
+ * Replaces contents of file at path with new contents in a safe (atomic) way.
+ Use this instead of below code when writing e.g. database files:
+ `local f = io.open(path, "wb"); f:write(content); f:close()`
* `minetest.get_version()`: returns a table containing components of the
engine version. Components:
* `project`: Name of the project, eg, "Minetest"