NSTemporaryDirectory() already does (effectively) that, and yields the same resulting folder.
You should just use NSTemporaryDirectory(). .chris On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Graham Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 15 Jan 2009, at 10:31 am, Chunk 1978 wrote: > >> so an app doesn't need administrative rights to writeToFile in the /tmp >> folder? >> _______________________________________________ > > > Don't do that. > > Instead use the FindFolder with the 'kTemporaryFolderType' constant. Here's > a Cocoa wrapper (a category on NSFileManager) to help: > > @implementation NSFileManager (FindFolder) > > > - (NSString*) pathToFolderOfType:(const OSType) folderType > shouldCreateFolder:(BOOL) create > { > OSErr err; > FSRef ref; > NSString* path = nil; > > err = FSFindFolder( kUserDomain, folderType, create, &ref); > > if ( err == noErr ) > { > // convert to CFURL and thence to path > > CFURLRef url = CFURLCreateFromFSRef( > kCFAllocatorSystemDefault, &ref ); > path = (NSString*) CFURLCopyFileSystemPath( url, > kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle ); > CFRelease( url ); > } > > return [path autorelease]; > } > > > @end > > > But yes, once you have the path you should have write permission for it. > > Note also though, that for the case of "safe saving" (i.e. write to a > temporary file then swap with the 'real' file), you don't need to do that > yourself. Just pass yes in the 'atomically' parameter in methods such as > [NSData writeToFile:atomically:]; > > hth, > > Graham > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > 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: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/ctparker%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
