Re: NSURL-based replacement for NSTemporaryDirectory()?
Re: NSURL-based replacement for NSTemporaryDirectory()?
- Subject: Re: NSURL-based replacement for NSTemporaryDirectory()?
- From: Sean McBride <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:08:42 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research Inc.
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:48:05 -0500, Charles Srstka said:
>NSItemReplacementDirectory isn’t what you want either; that’s supposed
>to be used for implementing a safe save feature, IIRC.
Actually, the docs for URLForDirectory::::: say "You can also use this method to create a new temporary directory for storing things like autosave files; to do so..."
>Probably your best bet is [NSURL file
>URLWithPath:NSTemporaryDirectory()].
Except that doesn't replace NSTemporaryDirectory at all! :)
But indeed, it seems like it's the best thing, unless someone else has a better idea...
>I actually still use the
>FSFindFolder() API and then use CFURLCreateFromFSRef() to get a URL, but
>that’s looking less and less like a good solution these days.
Agreed.
>filed a radar report on this last week (rdar://11142974); there are
>actually quite a lot of directories that are not available via -
>URLForDirectory:inDomain:bla:bla:bla: that were available via the older
>FSFindFolder() API, many of which were quite useful. A few of them are:
They've been missing since 10.0, don't get your hopes up. IMNSHO, dupes are a waste of time here.
>And a whole lot more. Feel free to file a radar report yourself if you
>agree that -URLForDirectory:etc:etc:etc:etc: needs to be beefed up;
Got ya beat, my bug on this is <rdar://3934743>. I'm sure it'll be fixed any day now!
>Apple uses duplicate radar reports to prioritize fixes.
A tired refrain (no offense).
Cheers,
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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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