On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Sean McBride wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get rid of the last bits of NSString path-based file code, and > am looking to replace NSTemporaryDirectory(). > > I've tried this: > > NSError* error = nil; > NSURL* url = [fileManager URLForDirectory:NSItemReplacementDirectory > inDomain:NSUserDomainMask > appropriateForURL:nil > create:YES > error:&error]; > > but it returns nil (with no error, bah). If I pass something for > 'appropriateForURL', it does work, but what to pass when you just want any > old temp directory? > > (Since someone will ask: my exact usage case is in unit test code, I need to > test a file reader/writer, and just need a place to dump my files.)
NSItemReplacementDirectory isn’t what you want either; that’s supposed to be used for implementing a safe save feature, IIRC. Probably your best bet is [NSURL fileURLWithPath:NSTemporaryDirectory()]. It’s not ideal, but I think it’s the best we’ve got at the moment. I actually still use the FSFindFolder() API and then use CFURLCreateFromFSRef() to get a URL, but that’s looking less and less like a good solution these days. I actually filed a radar report on this last week (rdar://11142974); there are actually quite a lot of directories that are not available via -URLForDirectory:inDomain:bla:bla:bla: that were available via the older FSFindFolder() API, many of which were quite useful. A few of them are: kPreferencesFolderType kTemporaryFolderType kVolumeRootFolderType kCurrentUserFolderType kDomainTopLevelFolderType kUtilitiesFolderType kFontsFolderType kQuickLookFolderType kWidgetsFolderType kScreenSaversFolderType kServicesFolderType And a whole lot more. Feel free to file a radar report yourself if you agree that -URLForDirectory:etc:etc:etc:etc: needs to be beefed up; Apple uses duplicate radar reports to prioritize fixes. Charles _______________________________________________ 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
