> On 27 Sep 2015, at 18:08, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote: > > I want to get some metadata for a remote file. > I tried: > > NSString *path = @"/Public/UNIDATA/Blocks.txt"; > NSURL *icuBlocksUrl = [ [ NSURL alloc ] initWithScheme: @"http" host: > @"unicode.org" path: path ]; > NSArray *keys = @[ NSURLContentModificationDateKey, NSURLCreationDateKey, > NSURLFileSizeKey ]; > NSError *outError; > NSDictionary *icuDict = [ icuBlocksUrl resourceValuesForKeys: keys error: > &outError ]; > > Now icuDict is non-nil but empty. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Gerriet. > > P.S. > > Just seen in small print: “This method applies only to URLs that represent > file system resources.” > > So this is not expected to work. What else can I do?
Probably the best thing to do is to use NSURLSession to send a HEAD request to the server, and pick the information you want out of the response headers. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com