NSFileManager fileExistsAtPath:isDirectory and swift

Question

I\'m trying to understand how to use the function fileExistsAtPath:isDirectory: with Swift but I get completely lost.

This is my code example:

Answer 1

Just to overload the bases. Here is mine that takes a URL

extension FileManager {

    func directoryExists(atUrl url: URL) -> Bool {
        var isDirectory: ObjCBool = false
        let exists = self.fileExists(atPath: url.path, isDirectory:&isDirectory)
        return exists && isDirectory.boolValue
    }
}

Answer 2

I've just added a simple extension to FileManager to make this a bit neater. Might be helpful?

extension FileManager {

    func directoryExists(_ atPath: String) -> Bool {
        var isDirectory: ObjCBool = false
        let exists = FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: atPath, isDirectory:&isDirectory)
        return exists && isDirectory.boolValue
    }
}

Answer 3

The second parameter has the type UnsafeMutablePointer<ObjCBool>, which means that you have to pass the address of an ObjCBool variable. Example:

var isDir : ObjCBool = false
if fileManager.fileExistsAtPath(fullPath, isDirectory:&isDir) {
    if isDir {
        // file exists and is a directory
    } else {
        // file exists and is not a directory
    }
} else {
    // file does not exist
}

Update for Swift 3 and Swift 4:

let fileManager = FileManager.default
var isDir : ObjCBool = false
if fileManager.fileExists(atPath: fullPath, isDirectory:&isDir) {
    if isDir.boolValue {
        // file exists and is a directory
    } else {
        // file exists and is not a directory
    }
} else {
    // file does not exist
}

Answer 4

Tried to improve the other answer to make it easier to use.

enum Filestatus {
        case isFile
        case isDir
        case isNot
}
extension URL {
    
    
    var filestatus: Filestatus {
        get {
            let filestatus: Filestatus
            var isDir: ObjCBool = false
            if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: self.path, isDirectory: &isDir) {
                if isDir.boolValue {
                    // file exists and is a directory
                    filestatus = .isDir
                }
                else {
                    // file exists and is not a directory
                    filestatus = .isFile
                }
            }
            else {
                // file does not exist
                filestatus = .isNot
            }
            return filestatus
        }
    }
}