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Re: Convert NSString to FSRef
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Re: Convert NSString to FSRef


  • Subject: Re: Convert NSString to FSRef
  • From: "Michael Ash" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:15:28 -0400

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Nir Soffer <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>  On Mar 16, 2008, at 10:11, stephen joseph butler wrote:
>
>  > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Kevin Dixon <email@hidden> wrote:
>  >
>  >> Also, is there a better way to accomplish this?
>  >
>  >
>  > There are a lot of buggy or unnecessarily complex answers in this
>  > thread.
>  > Use the code at the bottom of this CocoaDev link and be done with it:
>
>
>  The code you mention will not work for this case - Kevin asked how to
>  convert a url string to FSRef, not a file system path.
>
>  The first answer by Adam R. Maxwell is correct and simple:
>
>
>         NSURL *aURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
>         CFURLGetFSRef((CFURLRef)aURL, &output);

If in fact he really does have a string containing a file system URL
and not just a string containing a path, then no, this is not correct.
The URL creation should be [NSURL URLWithString:fileURL].

Mike
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