sysutils.where() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

sysutils.where(file)

Find a file in the current system path

Parameters

file

The filename to be searched for, as a string or as a File.

Return value

Returns a File if a file was found or nil otherwise.

Example


local sysutils = require "sysutils"

local path = sysutils.where("notepad.exe")
if path ~= nil then
    print("Notepad application can be found at "..path.fullpath)
else
    print("Notepad application not found in current system PATH")
end