Storing Files

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  1. john903, Sep 9, 2008

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    What directory should your program use to save files? Do you just find your installation path or is there some other path developers are supposed to use to store files?
     
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  2. kainjow, Sep 9, 2008

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    Use NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains() along with NSDocumentDirectory to get the Documents folder for your application.
     
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  3. Sbrocket, Sep 10, 2008

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    Code:
    NSString *basePath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
    That will give you the appropriate Documents/ directory path for your application. You should store any files you need saved between sessions (or otherwise) there.
     
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  4. john903, Sep 21, 2008

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    Thanks! I'm able to get the path but it looks like the folder is given permissions that are not allowing me to save files to the folder using fopen. Am I doing something wrong or do I need to change the permissions on the folder?

    Also, the name of the application folder, such as like CE9E47A8-38DC-4DDD-A0AA-93E0666DB241 keeps changing every time the program loads. Is that what's supposed to happen?
     
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