Why is NSDirectoryEnumerator picking up hidden files here?

Question

i need to avoid hidden files in this enumeration, but .DS_Store files are still being added.

i put in the NSLog to check, and i am getting output there.

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Answer 1

Actually, the real problem is that you're using the wrong operator to specify the mask:

NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsPackageDescendants ||  NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles

does Boolean OR, giving you 1, which isn't a useful options mask. You need to use the single pipe:

NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsPackageDescendants |  NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles

which is bitwise OR.

OLD ANSWER:

You need to actually request the properties that you're going to look at:

dirEnumerator = [fileManager enumeratorAtURL:item 
                  includingPropertiesForKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObject:NSURLIsHiddenKey]
                                     options:NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsPackageDescendants || NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles 
                                errorHandler:nil];

from the -[NSURL getResourceValue:forKey:error:] doc:

Discussion
value is set to nil if the requested resource value is not defined for the URL. In this case, the method still returns YES.