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nextfile
nextfile is a Lua library used to generate the "next" filename in a sequence.
Installation
nextfile is published on LuaRocks, use luarocks install nextfile to install it.
Usage
The nextfile library actually contains two exported modules, nextfile and prevfile.
prevfile scans the files in a directory and returns the "most recent" filename according to a "human sort" algorithm.
prevfile is also leveraged by nextfile, which then gives the "next file" according to the following rules:
- If the previous filename is entirely numeric, then the next file is the next number. For example, if the previous file were "500.jpg", then the next file would be "501.jpg".
- If the previous filename ends in a letter, then the next file will bump it to the next letter. For example, if the previous file were "200a.png", the next file would be "200b.png".
By default, nextfile will give the next file the same file extension as the previous file; there is a second optional parameter for specifying the file extension.