nsfilemanager

I'm looking for a way to make sure a string can be used as a file name under iOS. I'm currently in the section of the code that deletes incompatible characters. I'm wondering if I'm doing it right. NSString *filename = @"A file name"; fileName = [fileName stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: [NSCharacterSet controlCharacterSet]]; fileName = [fileName stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: [NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet]]; I'm also wondering if there's already a method that validates a string as a file name. Thank you for your advice! Erik B First of all, you're using the wrong method. Trimming the

How would I rename a file, keeping the file in the same directory? I have a string containing a full path to a file, and a string containing a the new filename (and no path), for example: NSString *old_filepath = @"/Volumes/blah/myfilewithrubbishname.avi"; NSString *new_filename = @"My Correctly Named File.avi"; I know about NSFileManager's movePath:toPath:handler: method, but I cannot workout how to construct the new file's path.. Basically I'm looking for the equivalent to the following Python code: >>> import os >>> old_filepath = "/Volumes/blah/myfilewithrubbishname.avi" >>> new_filename =

How would you monitor a directory with NSFileManager ? I would like to able to detect when a file is deleted/added in my documents directory while my app is running. Look Kernel Queues: An Alternative to File System Events in Apple documentation. There is an example for iOS in AVPlayerDemo (look DirectoryWatcher class). Also, check Directory Monitor blog post. Here's my version of DirectoryWatcher written in Swift using GCD instead of Mach and using a closure instead of a delegate import Foundation @objc public class DirectoryWatcher : NSObject { override public init() { super.init() } deinit

I'm trying to remove specific files from a directory using NSFileManager. I would like to ignore the hidden .DS_Store and Icon files (the folder that I'm checking has to have a custom icon) that are in the directory, however I keep accidentally deleting them as well. Right now, I'm doing the following: NSFileManager *manager = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSArray *dirContents = [manager contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:[selectedFolder stringValue] error:nil]; for (int i = 0; i < [dirContents count]; i++) { NSString *theFile = [dirContents objectAtIndex:i]; if([theFile isEqualToString:@".DS_Store"]

My application got rejected by Apple due to : 2.23: Apps must follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines or they will be rejected so is it possible that flag entire Document directory as do no backup ? my application runs in iOS 6.1 and higher . I am familiar with this code , but I don't know hot to mark my Document directory with it - (BOOL)addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:(NSURL *)URL { assert([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath: [URL path]]); NSError *error = nil; BOOL success = [URL setResourceValue: [NSNumber numberWithBool: YES] forKey: NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey error:

EDIT: SOLVED Thanks Brooks. Your question led me to keep digging into if the file even existed in my bundle - and it did not! So by using this code (also below): iPhone/iPad: Unable to copy folder from NSBundle to NSDocumentDirectory and the instructions for adding a directory properly to Xcode (from here and below)I was able to get it to work. Copy folder into Xcode: Create a Directory on your Mac. Select Add Existing Files to your project Select the Directory you want to import In the pop-up window make sure you select "Copy items into destination group's folder" and "Create Folder