Adding the “Do Not Backup” attribute to a folder hierarchy in iOS 5.0.1

Question

Referencing iCloud + Storage of media in iPhone Documents folder, which shows how to set the iOS 5.0.1 \"Do Not Backup\" attribute for a file.

Is there an efficient

Answer 1

you can do the following in swift:

func addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtPath(path:String) -> Bool {


    let filePath = path.fileSystemRepresentation()
    let attrName  = "com.apple.MobileBackup"

    var attrValue : uint_fast8_t = 1

    let result = setxattr(filePath, attrName, &attrValue, sizeof(attrValue.dynamicType), 0, 0)

    return result == 0
}