How to overwrite current file script?

[estehmanis]

I know I can overwrite a file using something like:

file:write("overwritten");

If file is opened in "w" mode. But somehow I cannot overwrite current file script.

Is this kind of thing not allowed? or what?

 

Because I would like to update my script, by making request online. And I don't want to write into another file, instead as much as possible overwrite current file.

How to do this?

[MAARS]

I had this issue before, and i made this solution:

- rename the current file by something else

- write in it

- then rename to the original name

local file_name = gg.getFile():match('[^/]+$')
local new_name = "banana.lua"

os.rename(file_name, new_name)
local script = io.open(new_name, "w+")
script:write("gg.alert('Hello i am the new auto updated script')")
script:close()
os.rename(new_name, file_name)

 

Explanation:

local file_name = gg.getFile():match('[^/]+$')

This statement return the current script name, (Credit to the regex maker)

 

local new_name = "banana.lua"

This statement we just save the name that will be used to rename temporally the script

 

local script = io.open(new_name, "w+")

This statement open the the current running file in write mode, erase all previous data (blank file), (for more info check lua documentation)

 

script:write("gg.alert('Hello i am the new auto updated script")

This statement write to the file, here you write the new script content

 

script:close()

Close the early opened file

 

os.rename(new_name, file_name)

Rename the file back to is original name

[estehmanis]

1 hour ago, MAARS said:

I had this issue before, and i made this solution:

- rename the current file by something else

- write in it

- then rename to the original name

local file_name = gg.getFile():match('[^/]+$')
local new_name = "banana.lua"

os.rename(file_name, new_name)
local script = io.open(new_name, "w+")
script:write("gg.alert('Hello i am the new auto updated script')")
script:close()
os.rename(new_name, file_name)

 

Explanation:

local file_name = gg.getFile():match('[^/]+$')

This statement return the current script name, (Credit to the regex maker)

 

local new_name = "banana.lua"

This statement we just save the name that will be used to rename temporally the script

 

local script = io.open(new_name, "w+")

This statement open the the current running file in write mode, erase all previous data (blank file), (for more info check lua documentation)

 

script:write("gg.alert('Hello i am the new auto updated script")

This statement write to the file, here you write the new script content

 

script:close()

Close the early opened file

 

os.rename(new_name, file_name)

Rename the file back to is original name

It works, thanks.

I had tried this os.rename just before I posted this. But it didn't rename the file, then I learned, it turns out that is because the given argument is full path to file.

When I tried your code, it renames it.

[MAARS]

1 minute ago, estehmanis said:

It works, thanks.

I had tried this os.rename just before I posted this. But it didn't rename a file, then I learned, it turns out that is because the given argument is full path to file.

When I tried your code, it renames it.

os.rename only take file name,he will search in the full disk