moduleapi: Add module:get_directory() to get module file's directory, and module:load_resource() to load a file relative to that directory

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua
index 703eb268..57367255 100644
--- a/core/moduleapi.lua
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua
@@ -329,4 +329,14 @@ function api:add_timer(delay, callback)
 	end);
 end
 
+local path_sep = package.config:sub(1,1);
+function api:get_directory()
+	return self.path and (self.path:gsub("%"..path_sep.."[^"..path_sep.."]*$", "")) or nil;
+end
+
+function api:load_resource(path, mode)
+	path = config.resolve_relative_path(self:get_directory(), path);
+	return io.open(path, mode);
+end
+
 return api;