Re: renaming directories and moving files into them (NSFileManager)
Re: renaming directories and moving files into them (NSFileManager)
- Subject: Re: renaming directories and moving files into them (NSFileManager)
- From: Ken Thomases <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:44:02 -0500
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
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