single-dir.lua

Gather all dependencies of Lua module together

Usage

$ lua -l single-dir your-application.lua

Description

All C and Lua modules used by your application are copied to directory "single-dir-out/modules". Directory "single-dir-out/" can be used as a distribution package. To run your Lua application using modules from directory "single-dir-out/modules", set LUA_PATH and LUA_CPATH as follows:

$ export LUA_PATH="modules/?.lua;modules/?/init.lua"
$ export LUA_CPATH="modules/?.so"
$ lua your-application.lua

Replace modules with absolute path to that directory.

Create bash and batch scripts, which do this automatically and run Lua module:

$ make-single-dir your-application.lua

Check directory "single-dir-out/" for bash and batch scripts.

File "single-dir-out/single-file.lua" is composed from all Lua modules (including bytecode). It sets appropriate loaders in package.preload. Require it or load with -l to get all Lua dependencies ready to require.