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hey everyone,
I'm trying to write data with game.write_file(path, data) however it does not work at all, neither in a mod nor when I run it via the ingame console with /c game.write_file('/home/user/text.txt', 'hello there')

when exactly does the game flush the written data? right after the call or does it cache all calls to write_data and waits for the game to close?
I'm on ubuntu, is there anything special I need to be aware of other than sufficient permissions?

See Factorio\script-output

mpk wrote:When exactly does the game flush the written data? right after the call or does it cache all calls to write_data and waits for the game to close?

It should write the file immediately. If you are running this in multiplayer, try with the command /c game.write_file("text.txt", "hello there", false, 1)

darkfrei wrote:See Factorio\script-output

Yup there it is, that solves it. Factorio file writes seem to take this directory always as their root
This should be noted in the api wiki.