Re: How determine if file is in Trash, given Path or Alias
Re: How determine if file is in Trash, given Path or Alias
- Subject: Re: How determine if file is in Trash, given Path or Alias
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:40:15 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research Inc.
On 6/1/09 3:03 PM, Martin Wierschin said:
>>> const UInt8* utfPath = (UInt8*)[path UTF8String];
>>> OSStatus err = DetermineIfPathIsEnclosedByFolder
>>> (kOnAppropriateDisk, kTrashFolderType, utfPath, false, &inTrash);
>>
>> For the archives: 2 more problems:
>>
>> a) use fileSystemRepresentation not UTF8String.
>
>I initially considered that, but the documentation for
>DetermineIfPathIsEnclosedByFolder specifically says it requires UTF-8
>encoded characters, while fileSystemRepresentation mentions no
>guarantee as to the encoding.
Nice catch.
>I'm sure that that the file system
>representation is currently UTF-8, and will stay that way, but I
>don't want to make that assumption.
>
>I don't often work with the C-based APIs, so maybe I'm way off base
>here. Should I file a documentation bug? And if so, which piece of
>documentation needs adjusting?
I'd say it's DetermineIfPathIsEnclosedByFolder's docs that could use
clarifying. But at least they say _something_ about encoding, unlike
the man pages for open() and friends. :)
But it's not a huge issue: fileSystemRepresentation and UTF8String give
the same thing 99% of the time.
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Sean McBride, B. Eng email@hidden
Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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