# Announcing fileio V1.0

Ken Fox (fox@phobos.mars.org)
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 23:39:00 PST

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    Announcing fileio, a file I/O patch version 1.0 for the LambdaMOO
    server.

    >From the README:

    This patch adds several administrator-only builtins for manipulating
    files from inside the MOO.  Security is enforced by making these
    builtins executable with wizard permissions only as well as allowing
    access only to a directory under the current directory (the one the
    server is running in).

    ---

    Files are manipulated using a stdio-like streams metaphor.  Opening a
    file returns a filehandle which is then used as an argument to reading
    and writing functions.  In addition to I/O functions, functions for
    manipulating the files and directories are also included.

    File access is restricted to a subdirectory of the current directory
    (of the directory the server is running in) called "files" (this can
    be changed by modifying a #define).

    The patch is available at http://www2.mars.org/~fox/fileio/.

    --Ken Fox
      fox@mars.org