Path/Directory System

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#1

Hey! I made a path system that uses a table to store the directories. You can add directories, change directories, add data to a directory, and print the full list of the directory.

This is the code that adds a player’s name to the directory, and prints the current directory and the full list.

local directory = require(script.Directory).new()

directory:cd("Users/")

game.Players.ChildAdded:Connect(function(player)
	directory:add(player.Name)
	print(directory:cwd())
	print(directory:tree())
end)

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If no, tell me why. Feel free to give feedback!

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#2

Could you elaborate on what this does? Is it like a waypoint system? A path for NPCs? Or something different?

#3

You know the file system on your computer? Like C:/Users/blah/Documents, etc.? It’s like that. You can create directories. I plan on making it where you can store scripts in there (it would just store the source).

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#4

so is it suppose to be like GetFullName()?, which returns the children / ancestor until object.

print(Workspace.Model.Part:GetFullName()) --> Workspace.Model.Part
#5

Kind of, except I made my own implementation of the Windows file system.

#6

Wait if all it’s doing is taking a string. and adding ‘C://’ to it, can’t you just add it? or is there something i’m missing xd.
(seems a bit unnecessary to have an entire module for editing a string lol)

#7

It’s not editing a string. If you actually read the post, you would understand.

There’s a table called DIRECTORY. This is an example of what it might look like:

local DIRECTORY = {
      [“C://“] = {
         [“Users”] = {
            “playerhere”
         )
       }
   }
#8

Is this system just a glorified :GetFullName()?

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#9

I honestly can’t tell if you’re trolling. It’s an attempt of an implementation of the Windows file system in roblox. Read the post.

#10

I did read the post, and understood it has the windows file directory system in roblox, but the way you showed it functions just like Instance:GetFullName(). Which looks like a interesting preference for your codebase rather than a resource

#11

It’s not. I plan to make it where you can store information inside the directories like script sources, instance properties, etc.

#12

This is actually pretty cool. But how will files be read?

#13

Just by reading the data in the table. All files are in a hierarchy in a table.

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