swift and AppDirectory

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PatriceRapaport OP

Created Nov ’21

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I develop an App in macos, and I need to access the documentDirectory:

let dialogURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first

I get: file:///Users//Library/Containers/<*******.appName>/Data/Documents

But in the Library/Containers directory I don't have the <*******.appDirectory> (in my case "PR.medical") but (in my case "medical")

of course, it would be possible to hard code the name of the desired directory, but if in the future apple change anything, my app will not work properly.

Am I missing something?

Answered by Claude31 in 695626022

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Answer 1

robnotyou OP

Nov ’21

You say "I get":

file:///Users//Library/Containers/<*******.appName>/Data/Documents

But that isn't a valid path (note the two backslash characters after "Users").
Can you share the correct path?

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Answer 2

Claude31 OP

Nov ’21

I guess //Library means /XXXX/Library ?

It is a sandboxed app ? If so, you should then manage the bookmarks. You may read this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31278869/ file-access-in-a-sandboxed-osx-app-with-swift

I tested in a case (with bookmarks) and got the following documentDirectory:

file:///Users/XXXXXXX/Library/Containers/com.yyyyyy.AppName/Data/Documents/

I thought com.yyyyyy.AppName would be the bundle ID, but it is the bundleName.

But this directory does not show in my user/Library… I cannot find where it is…

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Answer 3

PatriceRapaport OP

Nov ’21

I'm very sorry, but it seems that file:///Users/patricerapaport/Library/Containers/PR.medical/Data/Documents/ links to file:///Users/patricerapaport/Library/Containers/medical/Data/Documents/

because I wrote this:

let dialogURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first print(dialogURL) var isDir = ObjCBool(false) let exists = FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: dialogURL!.path, isDirectory: &isDir) print(exists)

and the result for print(exists) is true (I don't know how to close the thread)

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Answer 4

Claude31 OP

Nov ’21

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