Re: Convert NSString to FSRef
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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