On Feb 12, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Sean McBride wrote: > On 2/10/10 10:44 PM, Paul Johnson said: > >> I'm trying to find a best way to create the Application Support >> folder. I'm rather new at Cocoa so it's taking me a while to do even >> this simple thing. > > Since you're new to Cocoa, I'm guessing all the other replies have > probably provided the real answers you need. > > However, I just tried a little test. I renamed my App Support folder > then did this: > > NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains ( > NSApplicationSupportDirectory, > NSUserDomainMask, YES); > > It just returned the path, but did not create the folder. > > This is in contrast to FSFindFolder() which can optionally (attempt to) > create the folder for you. > > So although unlikely, be prepared for the folder to not exist.
If you're targeting Snow Leopard or later, the new recommended routines are: -[NSFileManager URLForDirectory:inDomain:appropriateForURL:create:error:] -[NSFileManager URLsForDirectory:inDomains:] The former can be told to create the directory for you. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ 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
