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< dtutils
check_min_api_version >

# details

## 🔗NAME

dtutils

## 🔗SYNOPSIS

A Darktable lua utilities library

## 🔗USAGE

    local du = require "lib/dtutils"

## 🔗DESCRIPTION

dtutils provides a common library of functions used to build lua scripts.

## 🔗RETURN VALUE

du- library - the library of functions

## 🔗FUNCTIONS

### 🔗check_min_api_version

check the minimum required api version against the current api version

### 🔗check_os

check that the operating system is supported

### 🔗join

join a table of strings with a specified separator

### 🔗prequire

a protected lua require

### 🔗spairs

an iterator that provides sorted pairs from a table

### 🔗split

split a string on a specified separator

## 🔗SEE ALSO

dtutils.debug, dtutils.file, dtutils.log, dtutils.string, dtutils.system

## 🔗LICENSE

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

## 🔗COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2016 Bill Ferguson wpferguson@gmail.com.
Copyright (C) 2016 Tobias Jakobs

< dtutils
check_min_api_version >