Re: A plugin for a sandboxed app - where to can I successfully store a temp file?
Re: A plugin for a sandboxed app - where to can I successfully store a temp file?
- Subject: Re: A plugin for a sandboxed app - where to can I successfully store a temp file?
- From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:34:11 +0000
On 22 Feb 2013, at 01:34, Nick wrote:
> Hello.
> I am working on a plugin for Mail.app for Mountain Lion. The problem is
> whenever I try to save a file, I am getting an error. Which can be
> explained by the fact that Mail.app is sandboxed and I am not allowed to
> modify files anywhere on the system.
> So what I do instead - is call
>
>
> TempDir = [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLForDirectory:
> NSDownloadsDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:
> YES error:nil] path];
>
>
> and then create in this TempDir another directory using standard
> NSFileManager functions.
> On my Mail.app it works, on another system - it doesn't (the dir doesn't
> get created). I can't understand why. I was hoping to store a temporary
> file in Downloads, since Mail obviously should have access to this
> directory.
Why should Mail "obviously should have access to this directory”?
>
> I also tried calling this
>
> TempDir = [[[[NSFileManager defaultManager]
> URLForDirectory:NSItemReplacementDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask
> appropriateForURL:[NSURL URLWithString:
> @"file:///private/var/tmp/my.great.app"] create:YES error:nil] path]
> retain];
>
>
> On my 10.8 system it works, on another - it doesn't (I can't save files to
> TempDir from my plugin). What am I doing wrong?
You’re not consulting/logging the error message for a start . That will tell you *why* it fails.
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