On Dec 30, 2010, at 2:39 AM, Wesley Smith wrote: > I was looking at NSFileManager and the low-level file manage docs, > trying to figure out a way to track a file no matter where it gets > moved on the system, even if my app is not running. For example, > let's say my app references a document, but doesn't store a copy of > that document. I'd like to guarantee that I can find that document > the next time my app launches even if it gets moved by the user in, > say, Finder when my app isn't running. From looking at the file > attributes, I gather that the Inode aka st_ino aka > NSFileSystemFileNumber and be used to uniquely identify a file on the > system. What I haven't found yet is a way to go from this value to a > URL. Does such a thing exist? Is there another way to properly track > files on 10.5 and above that I'm missing?
For 10.5, you want alias records. I gather that lots of people use the third-party NDAlias code for this: http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NDAlias With 10.6, Apple moved to bookmark data, which is conceptually similar and somewhat interoperable. 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
