Get directory contents in date modified order

Question

Is there an method to get the contents of a folder in a particular order? I\'d like an array of file attribute dictionaries (or just file names) ordered by date modified.

Answer 1

Code does not work in iPhone SDK, full of compilation error. Please find updated code `

NSInteger lastModifiedSort(id path1, id path2, void* context)
{
    int comp = [[path1 objectForKey:@"lastModDate"] compare:
     [path2 objectForKey:@"lastModDate"]];
    return comp;
}

-(NSArray *)filesByModDate:(NSString*) path{

    NSError* error = nil;

    NSArray* filesArray = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:path
                                                                         error:&error];
    if(error == nil)
    {
        NSMutableArray* filesAndProperties = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:[filesArray count]];

        for(NSString* imgName in filesArray)
        {

            NSString *imgPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",path,imgName];
            NSDictionary* properties = [[NSFileManager defaultManager]
                                        attributesOfItemAtPath:imgPath
                                        error:&error];

            NSDate* modDate = [properties objectForKey:NSFileModificationDate];

            if(error == nil)
            {
                [filesAndProperties addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                               imgName, @"path",
                                               modDate, @"lastModDate",
                                               nil]];                     
            }else{
                NSLog(@"%@",[error description]);
            }
        }
        NSArray* sortedFiles = [filesAndProperties sortedArrayUsingFunction:&lastModifiedSort context:nil];

        NSLog(@"sortedFiles: %@", sortedFiles);      
        return sortedFiles;
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"Encountered error while accessing contents of %@: %@", path, error);
    }

    return filesArray;
}

`