// // NSFileManager+DirectoryLocations.m // // Created by Matt Gallagher on 06 May 2010 // // This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied // warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages // arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to // use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to // alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: // // 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not // claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software // in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be // appreciated but is not required. // 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be // misrepresented as being the original software. // 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source // distribution. // #import "NSFileManager+DirectoryLocations.h" enum { DirectoryLocationErrorNoPathFound, DirectoryLocationErrorFileExistsAtLocation }; NSString * const DirectoryLocationDomain = @"DirectoryLocationDomain"; @implementation NSFileManager (DirectoryLocations) /*! Method to tie together the steps of: 1) Locate a standard directory by search path and domain mask 2) Select the first path in the results 3) Append a subdirectory to that path 4) Create the directory and intermediate directories if needed 5) Handle errors by emitting a proper NSError object * \pararm searchPathDirectory - the search path passed to NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains * \pararm domainMask - the domain mask passed to NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains * \pararm appendComponent - the subdirectory appended * \pararm errorOut - any error from file operations * \returns returns the path to the directory (if path found and exists), nil otherwise */ - (NSString *)findOrCreateDirectory:(NSSearchPathDirectory)searchPathDirectory inDomain:(NSSearchPathDomainMask)domainMask appendPathComponent:(NSString *)appendComponent error:(NSError **)errorOut { // Declare an NSError first, so we don't need to check errorOut again and again NSError *error; if (errorOut) { error = *errorOut; } else { error = nil; } // // Search for the path // NSArray* paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(searchPathDirectory,domainMask,YES); if ([paths count] == 0) { NSDictionary *userInfo = @{NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"No path found for directory in domain.",@"Errors",nil), @"NSSearchPathDirectory":@(searchPathDirectory), @"NSSearchPathDomainMask":@(domainMask)}; error = [NSError errorWithDomain:DirectoryLocationDomain code:DirectoryLocationErrorNoPathFound userInfo:userInfo]; return nil; } // // Normally only need the first path returned // NSString *resolvedPath = paths[0]; // // Append the extra path component // if (appendComponent) { resolvedPath = [resolvedPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:appendComponent]; } // // Create the path if it doesn't exist // if ([self createDirectoryAtPath:resolvedPath withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:&error]) return resolvedPath; else return nil; } /*! applicationSupportDirectory * \returns The path to the applicationSupportDirectory (creating it if it doesn't exist). */ - (NSString *)applicationSupportDirectory { NSString *executableName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary][@"CFBundleExecutable"]; NSError *error = nil; NSString *result = [self findOrCreateDirectory:NSApplicationSupportDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appendPathComponent:executableName error:&error]; if (!result) { NSLog(@"Unable to find or create application support directory:\n%@", error); } return result; } @end