Re: Can't create temporary file
Re: Can't create temporary file
- Subject: Re: Can't create temporary file
- From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:53:08 -0700
On May 19, 2011, at 21:50 , Quincey Morris wrote:
> On May 19, 2011, at 21:46, Rick Mann wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 19, 2011, at 16:48 , Quincey Morris wrote:
>>
>>> On May 19, 2011, at 11:55, Rick Mann wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems Cocoa is lacking in file-creation APIs (none URL-based, none return an error object).
>>>
>>> How about:
>>>
>>> [[NSData data] writeToURL: myURL options: 0 error: &error];
>>
>> That requires that I build the content in memory first. I wanted to write it as I built it.
>
> You didn't look carefully enough. What is [[NSData data] length]?
Indeed I didn't. But frankly, that's a kludge. Cocoa is full of inconsistencies (like NSFileManager/NSFileHandle lacking modern file creation methods) forcing the (ab)use of another API. Sure, it works (I'm guessing), but it's ugly.
--
Rick
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