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David B:

> dofile() does not pass parameters to the chunk as Luiz
> points out.

Roberto:

> As he pointed out, use loadfile in that case.

Only in 5.1, though, right?  In 5.0 you have to have a
function within the loadfile'd file that takes arguments.

For instance:

  -- (No error checking.)
  local filefunc = loadfile("loadfilefile.lua")
  local returnedfunc = filefunc()
  local result = returnedfunc(arg1, arg2, arg3)

-- 
Aaron