theandrew61

-- How to extract a GMA file using Lua (does not work in Garry's Mod)
-- Use forward slashes (/) like on Mac OS X and Linux, since we have to escape backslashes
-- Window's directory conventions are stupid

local steamFolder = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/GarrysMod" -- adjust for where Garry's Mod is installed, this is default

extractFile(steamFolder .. "/garrysmod/addons/falldamagecustomizer_423859984.gma", "C:/Users/zachr/Desktop/extracted") -- extract one of my mods

function extractFile(infile, outfolder) -- extract a gma to the specified folder
	local strExecute = [["cd {sf} & gmad.exe extract -file {if} -out {of}"]]

theandrew61

-- Turns out, string.gsub does string replacements globally.
-- For example:
print(string.gsub("Hello there! You are on GitHub.", "GitHub", "Gist"))