include() directive is not working.

[dvd_video]

Hi all

Seems like the "include" directive cannot find my Lua file:

RequireOnceDB: Loaded from: ../trackassembly/db_PIECES.lua
Couldn't include file '..\trackassembly\db_pieces.lua' (File not found) (@addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/modules/assemblylib.lua

It says in the doc absolute path, so:

My module is located in: "\addons\TrackAssembly\lua\includes\modules"
The *.lua sources are in: "\addons\TrackAssembly\lua\includes\trackassembly" <--- Have to include this in case a file is missing

Inside my module I got the following function:

function RequireOnceDB(sTable,sDelim)
  if(not sTable or type(sTable) ~= "string") then return false end
  if(not sDelim or type(sDelim) ~= "string") then return false end
  print("RequireOnceDB Params OK !")
  print("RequireOnceDB Table OK !")
  if(file.Exists(AssemblyLib.BASPath..
                 AssemblyLib.DSVPath..
                 "db_"..sTable..".txt", "DATA") -- = "data\trackassembly\dsvbase\db_"..sTable
  ) then
    print("RequireOnceDB: Retrived from: "..
          AssemblyLib.BASPath..
          AssemblyLib.DSVPath..
          "db_"..sTable..".txt") -- Print path
  else 
    print("RequireOnceDB: Loaded from: ../"..AssemblyLib.BASPath.."db_"..sTable..".lua")
    include( "../"..AssemblyLib.BASPath.."db_"..sTable..".lua" )
  end
  return true
end

Basic Program Log

addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/db_pieces.lua
Couldn't include file 'addons\trackassembly\lua\includes\trackassembly\db_pieces' (File not found) (@addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/modules/assemblylib.lua (line 2190))
RequireOnceDB: PI true
RequireOnceDB Params OK !
RequireOnceDB Table OK !
addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/db_additions.lua
Couldn't include file 'addons\trackassembly\lua\includes\trackassembly\db_additions' (File not found) (@addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/modules/assemblylib.lua (line 2190))
RequireOnceDB: AD true
RequireOnceDB Params OK !
RequireOnceDB Table OK !
addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/db_physproperties.lua
Couldn't include file 'addons\trackassembly\lua\includes\trackassembly\db_physproperties' (File not found) (@addons/trackassembly/lua/includes/modules/assemblylib.lua (line 2190))
RequireOnceDB: PH true

It does not work even if I give it like follows:

addons\trackassembly\lua\includes\trackassembly\db_physproperties.lua

lua\includes\trackassembly\db_physproperties.lua

..\trackassembly\db_physproperties.lua

So how can I do that ... 10x forum !

[Willox]

Looks like you have one too many directory jump-ups in the call to include.

"../../"

[dvd_video]

[QUOTE=Willox;46685222]Looks like you have one too many directory jump-ups in the call to include.

"../../"[/QUOTE]

Yep that is the second thing I tried ... after putting a "../" ( Which does not work ether ... )

[Rubat]

Use global paths: includes/modules/assemblylib.lua

[dvd_video]

[QUOTE=Robotboy655;46685427]Use global paths: includes/modules/assemblylib.lua[/QUOTE]

Did you mean: addons/trackassembly/includes/trackassembly/db_pieces.lua ??

Module is loaded perfectly ( By just calling require ( "assemblylib" ) from the tool ) , but can't seem to include and execute:

 ( addons\trackassembly\ ) "includes\trackassembly\db_pieces.lua" 

Already tried: include( sPath ), where "sPath" is one of the following, executing directly when the tool is loaded ( The function is called from the tool script, and its definition persists in the module ) :

assemblylib.RequireOnceDB("PIECES")

"addons/trackassembly/includes/trackassembly/db_pieces.lua"  ( Full path )
"includes/trackassembly/db_pieces.lua"                       ( Includes relative )
../includes/trackassembly/db_pieces.lua"                     ( Module Relative )

[dvd_video]

This also failed ....

  include( "lua/includes/trackassembly/pieces_db.lua" )
  include( "lua/includes/trackassembly/additions_db.lua" )
  include( "lua/includes/trackassembly/physproperties_db.lua" )

[EvacX]

-snip-

[Acecool]

Didn't they remove .. and . support to prevent "break-outs"?

[jit26]

[QUOTE=Acecool;46691095]Didn't they remove .. and . support to prevent "break-outs"?[/QUOTE]

Nope, still works for me, try make a file in data called lol.txt with a print in it then run
[lua]include( "../data/lol.txt" )[/lua]
and it will run fine

[dvd_video]

[QUOTE=ZombieWizzard;46691773]Nope, still works for me, try make a file in data called lol.txt with a print in it then run
[lua]include( "../data/lol.txt" )[/lua]
and it will run fine[/QUOTE]

Yep it works that way, but you see I cantt ship *.txt files using Garry's gmad convetror and publisher...
Tried the following code and it works perfectly fine using the non-gmod Lua..

E:\Documents\Lua\Lua\lua-gmod\tool.lua

require("includes/modules/sum")
local D = sum.Summer(10,15)

print("Main: "..D:DoIt())

E:\Documents\Lua\Lua\lua-gmod\includes\modules\sum.lua

local pairs   = pairs
local type    = type
local tostring = tostring
local tonumber = tonumber
local print   = print
local include = include
local require = require
local package = package
local Log     = print

module("sum",package.seeall)

function Summer(a,b)
  local a = a or 0
  local b = b or 0
  self = {}
  function self:DoIt()
    return a + b
  end 
  return self
end

A = Summer(1,2)


print("Modu: "..A:DoIt())

require("includes/trackassembly/data-a")
require("includes/trackassembly/data-b")

E:\Documents\Lua\Lua\lua-gmod\includes\trackassembly\data-a.lua

-- Make a "Summer object to simulate sql.Query() insert"
local aB = sum.Summer(3,4)
local aC = sum.Summer(5,6)

print("Data A: "..aB:DoIt())
print("Data A: "..aC:DoIt())

E:\Documents\Lua\Lua\lua-gmod\includes\trackassembly\data-b.lua

-- Make a "Summer object to simulate sql.Query() insert"
local bB = sum.Summer(3,4)
local bC = sum.Summer(5,6)

print("Data B: "..bB:DoIt())
print("Data B: "..bC:DoIt())

Running this ( "E:\Documents\Lua\Lua\lua-gmod>..\Bin\lua.exe tool.lua" --> my lua.exe is located in "Lua\Bin"), I am getting the following output:

-- Loading module
Modu: 3       -- Call and exec the module
-- Load the data trough the module
Data A: 7     -- Load data from A
Data A: 11    -- Load data from A
Data B: 7     -- Load data from B
Data B: 11    -- Load data from B
-- Finish the job in the main file
Main: 25      -- Execute "D" object

[editline]12th December 2014[/editline]

You see, the thing is that I wanna execute the inserts of my database in a separate files, so it wont stay inside the script of the tool and also is a file is present in the data folder read the contents from it, else load the Lua INSERT-s from the addons folder...

[editline]12th December 2014[/editline]

the tool and also * IF * a file ( Sorry facepunch is not letting me edit this thing ...)

[editline]12th December 2014[/editline]

but you see I can * ' * t ship *.txt files ( Another one )

[Acecool]

Instead of shipping a txt file, ship a Lua file that checks the CRC of the txt file ( if it exists ) against the CRC of what the contents should be. If the CRC doesn't match, or the file doesn't exist, create it and populate the data.

Here's an example of what I do if people want the full folder-structure for my dev-base: [url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_base/src/master/gamemode/addons/_development/sv_setup_folders.lua?at=master[/url]
I don't do it automatically ( creating the folders in the data folder ) because they may not like how I organize the folders or they may not want empty folders... BUT, this can easily be applied to txt files that should be included.