Can't open a file for reading

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Noob question regarding reading files…

I created a text file using TextEdit and named it settings.txt in the same folder as main.lua

If I have:

local path = "settings.txt"  
local file = io.open( path )

and I run this in the simulator then file is returning nil.

I’ve tried this too:

local path = system.pathForFile( "settings.txt", system.DocumentsDirectory )  
local file = io.open( path )

and I get the same result.

Do I need to locate my somewhere “special” or do I need to create it in a certain way, set permissions, etc.

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#2

Found the problem.

The file needs to be in {user}/library/application support/corona simulator/etc folder.
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