On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Scott Anguish wrote: > The directory is named a name derived from the file > > so /tmp/boo/Friday > > and when it encounters a file that has more specific information, it should > be renamed > > /tmp/boo/Friday-APPL > > that should rename the existing directory with the existing fills and then > copy all the new files to the new path name
>>> newShootPath=[shootPath >>> stringByAppendingString:@“-APPL”]; >>> // make sure I’ve not already done this >>> if (![self directoryExists:newShootPath]) { >>> >>> success=[fileManager >>> moveItemAtPath:shootPath toPath:newShootPath error:&theError]; >> >> Why not log both shootPath and newShootPath right here, before the move? >> What does it show? > > It shows the correct values. > > shootPath is /tmp/boo/Friday > newPath is /tmp/boo/Friday-APPL > > the odd thing is the move is creating the /tmp/boo/Friday-APPL directory, > rather than just renaming the existing one. OK, so now I'm wondering what your -directoryExists: method does. Also, what creates the directory? Put another way, are you sure that /tmp/boo/Friday-APPL does not exist at the point where you're invoking -moveItemAtPath:... ? 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