Getting the working directory in Lua

Files / Basic operations

Checking whether a file exists
Deleting a file
Copying a file
Moving a file
Getting file properties
Getting the working directory
Creating a directory
Deleting a directory
Deleting a non-empty directory
Copying a directory
Listing files in a directory
Joining path components

local lfs = require("lfs")

-- The standard library has no function for it:
-- the lfs module gives the working directory
local path = lfs.currentdir()
-- path = /tmp/work

print("path = " .. path)