Re: Dictionary to an invisible file
Re: Dictionary to an invisible file
- Subject: Re: Dictionary to an invisible file
- From: Nicko van Someren <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:52:52 +0000
On 15 Nov 2005, at 23:26, Lorenzo wrote:
I would like to save a NSDictionary to an invisible file.
Actually I firstly save the file, then I make the file invisible
using the
old Carbon flag kLSItemInfoIsInvisible.
[pListDict writeToFile:theFile atomically:YES];
...
The problem is that for some second I can see that file, and in
some case I
have to close its parent folder in the Finder to don't see the file
anymore.
So I ask: how to save the dictionary to a never visible file?
Should I create an invisible empty file with the old Carbon
routines then
append the dictionary-converted-to-data to that file?
Any sample code, suggestion, doc, would be appreciated.
You could try creating an empty file, setting it to be invisible and
then writing to the file with the "atomically:" flag set to NO.
Having said that, I have to question your motives. If the user is
savvy they will find your hidden file. If they are not that savvy
then just putting the file somewhere obscure is probably good
enough. If you need real security you shouldn't try to achieve it
through obscurity but should use cryptography instead.
Nicko
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