Remove old references

Fix. Prevents double close the same handle (#24)

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Copyright © 2003-2014 Kepler Project.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
+modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
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+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README

@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ Please check the documentation at doc/us/ for more information.
 History
 -------
 
+Version 1.6.2 [??/Oct/2012]
+	* Full Lua 5.2 compatibility (with Lua 5.1 fallbacks)
+
+Version 1.6.1 [01/Oct/2012]
+	* fix build for Lua 5.2
+
+Version 1.6.0 [26/Sep/2012]
+        * getcwd fix for Android
+        * support for Lua 5.2
+        * add lfs.link
+        * other bug fixes
+
 Version 1.5.0 [20/Oct/2009]
 	* added explicit next and close methods to second return value of lfs.dir (the directory object), for explicit iteration or explicit closing.
 	* added directory locking via lfs.lock_dir function (see the manual).

doc/us/doc.css

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+body { 
+    margin-left: 1em; 
+    margin-right: 1em; 
+    font-family: arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;
+    background-color:#ffffff; margin:0px;
+}
+
+code {
+    font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace; 
+}
+
+tt {
+    font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace; 
+}
+
+body, td, th { font-size: 11pt; }
+
+h1, h2, h3, h4 { margin-left: 0em; }
+
+textarea, pre, tt { font-size:10pt; }
+body, td, th { color:#000000; }
+small { font-size:0.85em; }
+h1 { font-size:1.5em; }
+h2 { font-size:1.25em; }
+h3 { font-size:1.15em; }
+h4 { font-size:1.06em; }
+
+a:link { font-weight:bold; color: #004080; text-decoration: none; }
+a:visited { font-weight:bold; color: #006699; text-decoration: none; }
+a:link:hover { text-decoration:underline; }
+hr { color:#cccccc }
+img { border-width: 0px; }
+
+h3 { padding-top: 1em; }
+
+p { margin-left: 1em; }
+
+p.name { 
+    font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace; 
+    padding-top: 1em;
+    margin-left: 0em; 
+}
+
+blockquote { margin-left: 3em; }
+
+.example {
+    background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);
+    border-top-width: 1px;
+    border-right-width: 1px;
+    border-bottom-width: 1px;
+    border-left-width: 1px;
+    border-top-style: solid;
+    border-right-style: solid;
+    border-bottom-style: solid;
+    border-left-style: solid;
+    border-top-color: silver;
+    border-right-color: silver;
+    border-bottom-color: silver;
+    border-left-color: silver;
+    padding: 1em;
+    margin-left: 1em;
+    margin-right: 1em;
+    font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace; 
+    font-size: smaller;
+}
+
+hr { 
+    margin-left: 0em;
+    background: #00007f; 
+    border: 0px;
+    height: 1px;
+}
+
+ul { list-style-type: disc; }
+
+table.index { border: 1px #00007f; }
+table.index td { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; }
+table.index ul { padding-top: 0em; margin-top: 0em; }
+
+table {
+    border: 1px solid black;
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    margin-right: auto;
+}
+
+th {
+    border: 1px solid black;
+    padding: 0.5em;
+}
+
+td {
+    border: 1px solid black;
+    padding: 0.5em;
+}
+div.header, div.footer { margin-left: 0em; }
+
+#container {
+    margin-left: 1em;
+    margin-right: 1em;
+    background-color: #f0f0f0;
+}
+
+#product {
+    text-align: center;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
+    background-color: #ffffff;
+}
+
+#product big {
+    font-size: 2em;
+}
+
+#product_logo {
+}
+
+#product_name {
+}
+
+#product_description {
+}
+
+#main {
+    background-color: #f0f0f0;
+    border-left: 2px solid #cccccc;
+}
+
+#navigation {
+    float: left;
+    width: 12em;
+    margin: 0;
+    vertical-align: top;
+    background-color: #f0f0f0;
+    overflow:visible;
+}
+
+#navigation h1 {
+    background-color:#e7e7e7;
+    font-size:1.1em;
+    color:#000000;
+    text-align:left;
+    margin:0px;
+    padding:0.2em;
+    border-top:1px solid #dddddd;
+    border-bottom:1px solid #dddddd;
+}
+
+#navigation ul {
+    font-size:1em;
+    list-style-type: none;
+    padding: 0;
+    margin: 1px;
+}
+
+#navigation li {
+    text-indent: -1em;
+    margin: 0em 0em 0em 0.5em;
+    display: block;
+    padding: 3px 0px 0px 12px;
+}
+
+#navigation li li a {
+    padding: 0px 3px 0px -1em;
+}
+
+#content {
+    margin-left: 12em;
+    padding: 1em;
+    border-left: 2px solid #cccccc;
+    border-right: 2px solid #cccccc;
+    background-color: #ffffff;
+}
+
+#about {
+    clear: both;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 5px;
+    border-top: 2px solid #cccccc;
+    background-color: #ffffff;
+}
+
+@media print {
+    body {
+        font: 10pt "Times New Roman", "TimeNR", Times, serif;
+    }
+    a {
+        font-weight:bold; color: #004080; text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+    #main {
+        background-color: #ffffff; border-left: 0px;
+    }
+    #container {
+        margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 2%; background-color: #ffffff;
+    }
+    #content {
+        margin-left: 0px; padding: 1em; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;
+    }
+    #navigation {
+        display: none;
+    }
+    #product_logo {
+        display: none;
+    }
+    #about img {
+        display: none;
+    }
+    .example {
+        font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace; 
+        font-size: 8pt;
+        page-break-inside: avoid;
+    }
+}

doc/us/examples.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 	<title>LuaFileSystem</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.keplerproject.org/doc.css" type="text/css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="doc.css" type="text/css"/>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
 </head>
 
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
 			</ul>
 		</li>
 		<li><strong>Examples</strong></li>
-        <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/projects/luafilesystem/">Project</a>
+        <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Project</a>
             <ul>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?group_id=66">Bug Tracker</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/issues">Bug Tracker</a></li>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/scm/?group_id=66">CVS</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Git</a></li>
             </ul>
         </li>
 		<li><a href="license.html">License</a></li>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 attributes for each file inside it.</p>
 
 <pre class="example">
-require"lfs"
+local lfs = require"lfs"
 
 function attrdir (path)
     for file in lfs.dir(path) do

doc/us/index.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 	<title>LuaFileSystem</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.keplerproject.org/doc.css" type="text/css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="doc.css" type="text/css"/>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
 </head>
 
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
 			</ul>
 		</li>
 		<li><a href="examples.html">Examples</a></li>
-        <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/projects/luafilesystem/">Project</a>
+        <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Project</a>
             <ul>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?group_id=66">Bug Tracker</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/issues">Bug Tracker</a></li>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/scm/?group_id=66">CVS</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Git</a></li>
             </ul>
         </li>
 		<li><a href="license.html">License</a></li>
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ the underlying directory structure and file attributes.</p>
 
 <h2><a name="status"></a>Status</h2>
 
-<p>Current version is 1.5.0. It was developed for Lua 5.1.</p>
+<p>Current version is 1.6.2. It was developed for Lua 5.1 but also
+  works with Lua 5.2.</p>
 
 <h2><a name="download"></a>Download</h2>
 
@@ -82,10 +83,30 @@ page.</p>
 <h2><a name="history"></a>History</h2>
 
 <dl class="history">
+	<dt><strong>Version 1.6.2</strong> [??/Oct/2012]</dt>
+	<dd><ul>
+        <li>Full Lua 5.2 compatibility (with Lua 5.1 fallbacks)</li>
+	</ul></dd>
+
+	<dt><strong>Version 1.6.1</strong> [01/Oct/2012]</dt>
+	<dd><ul>
+        <li>fix build for Lua 5.2</li>
+	</ul></dd>
+
+	<dt><strong>Version 1.6.0</strong> [26/Sep/2012]</dt>
+	<dd><ul>
+       <li>getcwd fix for Android</li>
+        <li>support for Lua 5.2</li>
+        <li>add lfs.link</li>
+        <li>other bug fixes</li>
+	</ul></dd>
+ 
 	<dt><strong>Version 1.5.0</strong> [20/Oct/2009]</dt>
+	<dd><ul>
 	<li>Added explicit next and close methods to second return value of lfs.dir 
 (the directory object), for explicit iteration or explicit closing.</li>
 	<li>Added directory locking via lfs.lock_dir function (see the <a href="manual.html">manual</a>).</li>
+	</ul></dd>
 	<dt><strong>Version 1.4.2</strong> [03/Feb/2009]</dt>
 	<dd>
 		<ul>
@@ -120,7 +141,7 @@ page.</p>
     </ul>
     </dd>
     
-    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.3/">Version 1.3.0</a></strong> [26/Oct/2007]</dt>
+    <dt><strong>Version 1.3.0</strong> [26/Oct/2007]</dt>
     <dd>
     <ul>
         <li>added function
@@ -129,14 +150,14 @@ page.</p>
     </ul>
     </dd>
 
-    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.2/">Version 1.2.1</a></strong> [08/May/2007]</dt>
+    <dt><strong>Version 1.2.1</strong> [08/May/2007]</dt>
     <dd>
     <ul>
         <li>compatible only with Lua 5.1 (Lua 5.0 support was dropped)</li>
     </ul>
     </dd>
 
-    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.2/">Version 1.2</a></strong> [15/Mar/2006]</dt>
+    <dt><strong>Version 1.2</strong> [15/Mar/2006]</dt>
     <dd>
     <ul>
         <li>added optional argument to
@@ -147,14 +168,14 @@ page.</p>
     </ul>
     </dd>
 
-    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.1/">Version 1.1</a></strong> [30/May/2005]</dt>
+    <dt><strong>Version 1.1</strong> [30/May/2005]</dt>
     <dd>
     <ul>
         <li>added function <a href="manual.html#touch"><code>lfs.touch</code></a>.</li>
     </ul>
     </dd>
 
-    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/1.0/">Version 1.0</a></strong> [21/Jan/2005]</dt>
+    <dt><strong>Version 1.0</strong> [21/Jan/2005]</dt>
     <dd />
 
     <dt><strong>Version 1.0 Beta</strong> [10/Nov/2004]</dt>

doc/us/license.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 	<title>LuaFileSystem</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.keplerproject.org/doc.css" type="text/css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="doc.css" type="text/css"/>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
 </head>
 
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
 			</ul>
 		</li>
 		<li><a href="examples.html">Examples</a></li>
-        <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/projects/luafilesystem/">Project</a>
+        <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Project</a>
             <ul>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?group_id=66">Bug Tracker</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/issues/">Bug Tracker</a></li>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/scm/?group_id=66">CVS</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Git</a></li>
             </ul>
         </li>
 		<li><strong>License</strong></li>

doc/us/manual.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 	<title>LuaFileSystem</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.keplerproject.org/doc.css" type="text/css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="doc.css" type="text/css"/>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
 </head>
 
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 			</ul>
 		</li>
 		<li><a href="examples.html">Examples</a></li>
-        <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/projects/luafilesystem/">Project</a>
+        <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Project</a>
             <ul>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/tracker/?group_id=66">Bug Tracker</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/issues">Bug Tracker</a></li>
-                <li><a href="http://luaforge.net/scm/?group_id=66">CVS</a></li>
+                <li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem">Git</a></li>
             </ul>
         </li>
 		<li><a href="license.html">License</a></li>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ LuaFileSystem offers the following functions:
 
     <dt><a name="chdir"></a><strong><code>lfs.lock_dir(path, [seconds_stale])</code></strong></dt>
     <dd>Creates a lockfile (called lockfile.lfs) in <code>path</code> if it does not
-  exist and returns the lock. If the lock already exists checks it
+  exist and returns the lock. If the lock already exists checks if
   it's stale, using the second parameter (default for the second
   parameter is <code>INT_MAX</code>, which in practice means the lock will never
   be stale. To free the the lock call <code>lock:free()</code>. <br/>
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ LuaFileSystem offers the following functions:
     Returns <code>true</code> if the operation was successful; in
     case of error, it returns <code>nil</code> plus an error string.
     </dd>
+
+    <dt><a name="link"></a><strong><code>lfs.link (old, new[, symlink])</code></strong></dt>
+    <dd>Creates a link. The first argument is the object to link to
+    and the second is the name of the link. If the optional third
+    argument is true, the link will by a symbolic link (by default, a
+    hard link is created).
+    </dd>
     
     <dt><a name="mkdir"></a><strong><code>lfs.mkdir (dirname)</code></strong></dt>
     <dd>Creates a new directory. The argument is the name of the new
@@ -220,16 +227,18 @@ LuaFileSystem offers the following functions:
     in case of error, it returns <code>nil</code> plus an error string.</dd>
 
     <dt><a name="setmode"></a><strong><code>lfs.setmode (file, mode)</code></strong></dt>
-    <dd>Sets the writing mode for a file. The mode string can be either <code>binary</code> or <code>text</code>.
+    <dd>Sets the writing mode for a file. The mode string can be either <code>"binary"</code> or <code>"text"</code>.
-    Returns the previous mode string for the file. This function is only available in Windows, so you may want to make sure that
+    Returns <code>true</code> followed the previous mode string for the file, or
-    <code>lfs.setmode</code> exists before using it.
+    <code>nil</code> followed by an error string in case of errors.
+    On non-Windows platforms, where the two modes are identical,
+    setting the mode has no effect, and the mode is always returned as <code>binary</code>.
     </dd>
     
     <dt><a name="symlinkattributes"></a><strong><code>lfs.symlinkattributes (filepath [, aname])</code></strong></dt>
     <dd>Identical to <a href="#attributes">lfs.attributes</a> except that
     it obtains information about the link itself (not the file it refers to).
-    This function is not available in Windows so you may want to make sure that
+    On Windows this function does not yet support links, and is identical to
-    <code>lfs.symlinkattributes</code> exists before using it.
+    <code>lfs.attributes</code>.
     </dd>
 
     <dt><a name="touch"></a><strong><code>lfs.touch (filepath [, atime [, mtime]])</code></strong></dt>

rockspecs/luafilesystem-1.6.0-1.rockspec

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package = "LuaFileSystem"
+
+version = "1.6.0-1"
+
+source = {
+   url = "https://github.com/downloads/keplerproject/luafilesystem/luafilesystem-1.6.0.tar.gz",
+}
+
+description = {
+   summary = "File System Library for the Lua Programming Language",
+   detailed = [[
+      LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of
+      functions related to file systems offered by the standard Lua
+      distribution. LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access the
+      underlying directory structure and file attributes.
+   ]]
+}
+
+dependencies = {
+   "lua >= 5.1"
+}
+
+build = {
+   type = "builtin",
+   modules = { lfs = "src/lfs.c" },
+   copy_directories = { "doc", "tests" }
+}

rockspecs/luafilesystem-1.6.1-1.rockspec

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package = "LuaFileSystem"
+
+version = "1.6.1-1"
+
+source = {
+   url = "https://github.com/downloads/keplerproject/luafilesystem/luafilesystem-1.6.1.tar.gz",
+}
+
+description = {
+   summary = "File System Library for the Lua Programming Language",
+   detailed = [[
+      LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of
+      functions related to file systems offered by the standard Lua
+      distribution. LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access the
+      underlying directory structure and file attributes.
+   ]]
+}
+
+dependencies = {
+   "lua >= 5.1"
+}
+
+build = {
+   type = "builtin",
+   modules = { lfs = "src/lfs.c" },
+   copy_directories = { "doc", "tests" }
+}

rockspecs/luafilesystem-1.6.2-1.rockspec

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package = "LuaFileSystem"
+
+version = "1.6.2-1"
+
+source = {
+   url = "https://github.com/downloads/keplerproject/luafilesystem/luafilesystem-1.6.2.tar.gz",
+}
+
+description = {
+   summary = "File System Library for the Lua Programming Language",
+   detailed = [[
+      LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of
+      functions related to file systems offered by the standard Lua
+      distribution. LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access the
+      underlying directory structure and file attributes.
+   ]]
+}
+
+dependencies = {
+   "lua >= 5.1"
+}
+
+build = {
+   type = "builtin",
+   modules = { lfs = "src/lfs.c" },
+   copy_directories = { "doc", "tests" }
+}

src/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.o
+*.so

src/lfs.def

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LIBRARY lfs.dll
 DESCRIPTION "LuaFileSystem"
-VERSION 1.4.2
+VERSION 1.5.0
 EXPORTS
 luaopen_lfs

tests/test.lua

@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/lua5.1
+#!/usr/bin/env lua5.1
 
 local tmp = "/tmp"
-local sep = "/"
+local sep = string.match (package.config, "[^\n]+")
 local upper = ".."
 
-require"lfs"
+local lfs = require"lfs"
 print (lfs._VERSION)
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 function attrdir (path)
-	for file in lfs.dir(path) do
+        for file in lfs.dir(path) do
-		if file ~= "." and file ~= ".." then
+                if file ~= "." and file ~= ".." then
-			local f = path..sep..file
+                        local f = path..sep..file
-			print ("\t=> "..f.." <=")
+                        print ("\t=> "..f.." <=")
-			local attr = lfs.attributes (f)
+                        local attr = lfs.attributes (f)
-			assert (type(attr) == "table")
+                        assert (type(attr) == "table")
-			if attr.mode == "directory" then
+                        if attr.mode == "directory" then
-				attrdir (f)
+                                attrdir (f)
-			else
+                        else
-				for name, value in pairs(attr) do
+                                for name, value in pairs(attr) do
-					print (name, value)
+                                        print (name, value)
-				end
+                                end
-			end
+                        end
-		end
+                end
-	end
+        end
 end
 
 -- Checking changing directories
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ assert (lfs.chdir (reldir), "could not change back to current directory")
 assert (lfs.currentdir() == current, "error trying to change directories")
 assert (lfs.chdir ("this couldn't be an actual directory") == nil, "could change to a non-existent directory")
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Changing creating and removing directories
 local tmpdir = current..sep.."lfs_tmp_dir"
 local tmpfile = tmpdir..sep.."tmp_file"
@@ -40,19 +46,25 @@ local tmpfile = tmpdir..sep.."tmp_file"
 -- that may have resulted from an interrupted test execution and remove it
 if lfs.chdir (tmpdir) then
     assert (lfs.chdir (upper), "could not change to upper directory")
-    assert (os.remove (tmpfile), "could not remove file from previous test")    
+    assert (os.remove (tmpfile), "could not remove file from previous test")
     assert (lfs.rmdir (tmpdir), "could not remove directory from previous test")
 end
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- tries to create a directory
 assert (lfs.mkdir (tmpdir), "could not make a new directory")
 local attrib, errmsg = lfs.attributes (tmpdir)
 if not attrib then
-	error ("could not get attributes of file `"..tmpdir.."':\n"..errmsg)
+        error ("could not get attributes of file `"..tmpdir.."':\n"..errmsg)
 end
 local f = io.open(tmpfile, "w")
 f:close()
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Change access time
 local testdate = os.time({ year = 2007, day = 10, month = 2, hour=0})
 assert (lfs.touch (tmpfile, testdate))
@@ -60,6 +72,9 @@ local new_att = assert (lfs.attributes (tmpfile))
 assert (new_att.access == testdate, "could not set access time")
 assert (new_att.modification == testdate, "could not set modification time")
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Change access and modification time
 local testdate1 = os.time({ year = 2007, day = 10, month = 2, hour=0})
 local testdate2 = os.time({ year = 2007, day = 11, month = 2, hour=0})
@@ -69,48 +84,68 @@ local new_att = assert (lfs.attributes (tmpfile))
 assert (new_att.access == testdate2, "could not set access time")
 assert (new_att.modification == testdate1, "could not set modification time")
 
-local res, err = lfs.symlinkattributes(tmpfile)
+io.write(".")
-if err ~= "symlinkattributes not supported on this platform" then
+io.flush()
-    -- Checking symbolic link information (does not work in Windows)
+
-    assert (os.execute ("ln -s "..tmpfile.." _a_link_for_test_"))
+-- Checking link (does not work on Windows)
-    assert (lfs.attributes"_a_link_for_test_".mode == "file")
+if lfs.link (tmpfile, "_a_link_for_test_", true) then
-    assert (lfs.symlinkattributes"_a_link_for_test_".mode == "link")
+  assert (lfs.attributes"_a_link_for_test_".mode == "file")
-    assert (os.remove"_a_link_for_test_")
+  assert (lfs.symlinkattributes"_a_link_for_test_".mode == "link")
+  assert (lfs.link (tmpfile, "_a_hard_link_for_test_"))
+  assert (lfs.attributes (tmpfile, "nlink") == 2)
+  assert (os.remove"_a_link_for_test_")
+  assert (os.remove"_a_hard_link_for_test_")
 end
 
-if lfs.setmode then
+io.write(".")
-    -- Checking text/binary modes (works only in Windows)
+io.flush()
-    local f = io.open(tmpfile, "w")
+
-    local result, mode = lfs.setmode(f, "binary")
+-- Checking text/binary modes (only has an effect in Windows)
-    assert((result and mode == "text") or (not result and mode == "setmode not supported on this platform"))
+local f = io.open(tmpfile, "w")
-    result, mode = lfs.setmode(f, "text")
+local result, mode = lfs.setmode(f, "binary")
-    assert((result and mode == "binary") or (not result and mode == "setmode not supported on this platform"))
+assert(result) -- on non-Windows platforms, mode is always returned as "binary"
-    f:close()
+result, mode = lfs.setmode(f, "text")
-end
+assert(result and mode == "binary")
-    
+f:close()
+
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Restore access time to current value
 assert (lfs.touch (tmpfile, attrib.access, attrib.modification))
 new_att = assert (lfs.attributes (tmpfile))
 assert (new_att.access == attrib.access)
 assert (new_att.modification == attrib.modification)
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Remove new file and directory
 assert (os.remove (tmpfile), "could not remove new file")
 assert (lfs.rmdir (tmpdir), "could not remove new directory")
 assert (lfs.mkdir (tmpdir..sep.."lfs_tmp_dir") == nil, "could create a directory inside a non-existent one")
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Trying to get attributes of a non-existent file
 assert (lfs.attributes ("this couldn't be an actual file") == nil, "could get attributes of a non-existent file")
 assert (type(lfs.attributes (upper)) == "table", "couldn't get attributes of upper directory")
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Stressing directory iterator
 count = 0
 for i = 1, 4000 do
-	for file in lfs.dir (tmp) do
+        for file in lfs.dir (tmp) do
-		count = count + 1
+                count = count + 1
-	end
+        end
 end
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- Stressing directory iterator, explicit version
 count = 0
 for i = 1, 4000 do
@@ -123,6 +158,9 @@ for i = 1, 4000 do
   assert(not pcall(dir.next, dir))
 end
 
+io.write(".")
+io.flush()
+
 -- directory explicit close
 local iter, dir = lfs.dir(tmp)
 dir:close()