Create a new file in Lua/LuaFileSystem

Question

I've looked over the Lua & LuaFileSystem Docs and have yet to find a way to create a new file, I also scouted around on here but to the same end.

As a note, the solution I'm looking for has to be OS neutral to ensure portability, but I'm happy to get different answers for different systems.

Answer 1

Example (writing "Hello World" into test.txt):

$ lua
Lua 5.1.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> file = io.open("test.txt", "w")
> file:write("Hello World")
> file:close()
> ^D
$ cat test.txt 
Hello World

See also: Lua IO tutorial