file.Read/Write limited?

[JSharpe]

I'm having a small issue with writing a file to the data folder.
[lua]
file.Write("testing.txt", "bumble")
[/lua]
The above code writes a file to the directory garrysmod/data. Thus being garrysmod/data/testing.txt
Correct?
[lua]
file.Read("testing.txt")
[/lua]
This above code reads the file and all of its content of garrysmod/data/testing.txt, Nothing wrong is there.

Now, what if we want to write a file to the garrysmod/gamemodes/myGamemode/content/data folder?

[b]Answer:[/b] You can't, [i]not without a DLL anyway[/i]

However, you can read from the gamemodes/content/data directory just fine. Lets say you made a text file in [i]garrysmod/gamemodes/myGamemode/content/data[/i], called it "[i]anothertest.txt[/i]" and inside the file put "[i]bee[/i]".

Then ran:
[lua]print( file.Read("anothertest.txt") )[/lua]
Your output in the console would be, "[i]bee[/i]".

So I ask, Why arn't we allowed to write files to our gamemodes data folder, yet we can read it? I wanted to write to my gamemode folder to keep everything together, keep the data folder from becoming a mess. Which yeah people will say organize your files into different directories. But what if I want to release my gamemode? I'll have to pack it into a rar and remove all the other text files which are not needed in the release or in any way related to the gamemode. Why can't we just have the option/function to write to our gamemodes data folder?

[MakeR]

You could try this [lua]file.Write("../gamemodes/myGamemode/content/data/anothertest.txt", "bumble")[/lua]

[Vir]

I think Gmod just copies everything in /garrysmod/gamemode/myGamemode/content into the the /garrysmod/ directory, so the fact you can read /garrysmod/gamemode/myGamemode/content/data is just an accident. Same thing would probably happen if you put something in /garrysmod/addons/myAddon/data.

[JSharpe]

On my side that doesn't work MakeR, it doesn't even write to the garrysmod/data folder either.

[Unrealomega]

[QUOTE=JSharpe;16600944]On my side that doesn't work MakeR, it doesn't even write to the garrysmod/data folder either.[/QUOTE]

I believe you can't read/write anything outside the data folder. Both pages state this.

[thomasfn]

I suspect gmod mounts everything in garrysmod/gamemodes/myGamemode/content/ into garrysmod/, so as far as source knows the data folder inside the gamemode is the same as the data folder in the root. I could be wrong though..

[thelinx]

[QUOTE=Vir;16600917]I think Gmod just copies everything in /garrysmod/gamemode/myGamemode/content into the the /garrysmod/ directory, so the fact you can read /garrysmod/gamemode/myGamemode/content/data is just an accident. Same thing would probably happen if you put something in /garrysmod/addons/myAddon/data.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=thomasfn;16601661]I suspect gmod mounts everything in garrysmod/gamemodes/myGamemode/content/ into garrysmod/, so as far as source knows the data folder inside the gamemode is the same as the data folder in the root. I could be wrong though..[/QUOTE]

These.

[Mitsudigi]

[QUOTE=Unrealomega;16601543]I believe you can't read/write anything outside the data folder. Both pages state this.[/QUOTE]

My simple anticheat scans their Lua folder when people join my server. There are no restrictions against reading Lua files outside of the Data directory as far as I can tell.

[bromvlieg]

u can use read becouse then an lua coder can check if users have files like wire or phx, or even make plugin systems at gamemode's or what ever u want to do.

u cant write outside the data becouse else some bitch would make a script that spams ur hole Gmod folder full whit crappy textfiles or even ur C:\ or ur desktop.

[LuaStoned]

[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;16602769]My simple anticheat scans their Lua folder when people join my server. There are no restrictions against reading Lua files outside of the Data directory as far as I can tell.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=The-Stone;16537824]

local fr = file.Read
function file.Read(path)
   if path:find("../") then
      print("file.Read outside data blocked!")
      return "Blocked"
   end
   return fr(path)
end

Have fun trying to read 'aimbot' files ;)[/QUOTE]

Anymore to say?

[Mitsudigi]

[QUOTE=The-Stone;16603084]Anymore to say?[/QUOTE]

It's obviously not meant to catch anyone who knows what they're doing.

[JSharpe]

[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;16603285]It's obviously not meant to catch anyone who knows what they're doing.[/QUOTE]

Why yes obviously. What about the people that download the scripts to bypass it? I guess they definitely know what they're doing too.

But besides, leave that for the anti cheat thread. Isn't is some way possible to write files to just the gamemode/content/data folder?