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serializeJsonToFile

Definition

-- @/lua/common/utils.lua:460

-- if "atomicWrite" is truthy, the function will write to a temp file first before renaming it to "filename"
-- if "atomicWrite" is a string, that string will be used as a temp filename, otherwise the function will use a default temp filename
function jsonWriteFile(filename, obj, pretty, numberPrecision, atomicWrite)
  if not atomicWrite then
    return jsonWriteFileActual(filename, obj, pretty, numberPrecision)
  else
    local tempFileName = (type(atomicWrite) == "string") and atomicWrite or (filename .. ".tmp")
    if jsonWriteFileActual(tempFileName, obj, pretty, numberPrecision) then
      if FS:renameFile(tempFileName, filename) == 0 then
        return true
      else
        log("E", "save", "failed to copy temporary json!")
      end
    else
      log("E", "save", "failed to write json!")
    end
    return false
  end
end

Callers

                linkJsonData["time"] = getDateTimeUTCString()
                serializeJsonToFile(linkPath, linkJsonData, true)
                editor.logInfo("\tCreated link '" .. linkPath .. "'")