On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Steve Shepard <steves...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Michael Ash <michael....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If you're looking for more information, note that NSTemporaryDirectory >> is essentially equivalent to /tmp on a normal UNIX system > > This is not quite true. > > On Leopard, the dirhelper utility deletes files from > NSTemporaryDirectory that were last accessed more than three days ago; > if a user leaves your app running for more than 3 days, dirhelper will > happily delete files out from under it. > > See http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2009/1/15/227830 > > Unfortunately, this makes NSTemporaryDirectory unusable for my > purposes as I need the data to be around for the lifetime of the app.
Nothing guarantees that files in /tmp will remain around forever either. If your app needs these files to stick around, keep them open. Mike _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
