macOS unexplained error with filemanager??

[trey5498]

The following code works in the debugger and running it out of Xcode. tmpsourcec gets an actual path. However the moment i build it for release the path becomes //10.5/... instead of the path it gets out of xcode. Am I forgetting to include anything?

- (NSString *)Color: (NSString *)ColDvr
{
	tmpsourcec = [[fileManager currentDirectoryPath] stringByAppendingString:@"/10.5/Xerox Phaser 7760GX.gz"];
	NSRunAlertPanel(@"Directory Path", (@"The path is %s",tmpsourcec), @"Ok", nil, nil);
	dvrchk = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:sourcecolor];
	if (dvrchk == NO)
	{
		[fileManager copyPath:[[fileManager currentDirectoryPath] stringByAppendingString:@"/10.5/Xerox Phaser 7760GX.gz"] toPath:@"/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/Xerox Phaser 7760GX.gz" handler:nil];
	}
	dvrchk = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:sourcecolor];
	if (dvrchk == NO)
	{
		ColDvr = @"no";
		return ColDvr;
	} else {
		ColDvr = @"yes";
		return ColDvr;
	}
	 
}

 

[Catfish_Man]

Are you expecting -currentDirectoryPath to return the path to your application? If so, use [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] instead.

 

[trey5498]

Are you expecting -currentDirectoryPath to return the path to your application? If so, use [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] instead.

-currentDirectoryPath returns the path correctly when it is in xcode/debugging environment. The error comes out of it. and when I tried [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] it give me the application name as well, I just need the current working directory.

 

[Catfish_Man]

There is no concept of a current working directory in Cocoa apps. Use -stringByRemovingLastPathComponent to remove the name from the bundle path.

 

[trey5498]

NSString *tmpsourcec = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] stringByRemovingLastPathComponent stringByAppendingString:@"/10.5/Xerox Phaser 7760GX.gz"];

that will work? And how come my code works and gives the right current directory in the debugging environment and not in release, doesn't make sense.

 

[Catfish_Man]

Xcode probably sets a working directory for some reason (logging maybe? dunno).

 

[trey5498]

NSString *tmpsourcec = [[[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] stringByRemovingLastPathComponent] stringByAppendingString:@"/10.5/Xerox Phaser 7760GX.gz"];

this keeps giving me warnings and obviously doesnt work. Where did I mess up?

 

[Catfish_Man]

What are the warnings? Also, I would recommend using stringByAppendingPathComponent rather than stringByAppendingString; it'll deal with things like accidentally doubling up on /s.