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Lua: Include file in the same directory

I'm using IMAPFilter, and I'd like to keep my global configuration in a public repository, while keeping the local (and secret) configuration in a separate file. So I'm running imapfilter from some directory, it includes ~/.imapfilter/config.lua, and that should include ./config_local.lua, where "." is the directory of config.lua, not the shell $PWD or the location of imapfilter. Here's what I've tried so far:

require "config_local"
require "./config_local"

Edit: An absolute path works:

dofile(os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.imapfilter/config_local.lua")

Not very elegant, but at least it's compatible with cron.

Solution

  • Add the path to package.path.

    Something like this (not tested):

    package.path = package.path .. ";" .. os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.imapfilter/?.lua"