Rename file in Cocoa?

Question

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

Answer 1

For the icing on top, a category on NSFileManager:

@implementation NSFileManager (FileManipulations)


- (void)changeFileNamesInDirectory:(NSString *)directory changeBlock:(NSString * (^) (NSString *fileName))block
{
    NSString *inputDirectory = directory;

    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager new];

    NSArray *fileNames = [fileManager contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:inputDirectory error:nil];
    for (NSString *fileName in fileNames) {

        NSString *newFileName =  block(fileName);

        NSString *oldPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@", inputDirectory, oldFileName];
        // move to temp path so case changes can happen
        NSString *tempPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@-tempName", oldPath];
        NSString *newPath = [[oldPath stringByDeletingLastPathComponent] stringByAppendingPathComponent:newFileName];

        NSError *error = nil;
        [fileManager moveItemAtPath:oldPath toPath:tempPath error:&error];
        if (error) {
            NSLog(@"%@", [error localizedDescription]);
            return;
        }
        [fileManager moveItemAtPath:tempPath toPath:newPath error:&error];
        if (error) {
            NSLog(@"%@", [error localizedDescription]);
        }
    }
}


@end