FileManager

extension FileManager

  • Undocumented

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var groupIdentifier: String { get }

  • Obtain the URL for a new, temporary file. The file will exist on the system but will be empty.

    Throws

    exceptions encountered by FileManager while locating location for temporary file

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func newTemporaryFile() throws -> URL

    Return Value

    the location of the temporary file.

  • Location of app documents that we want to keep private but backed-up. We need to create it if it does not exist, so this could be a high latency call.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var privateDocumentsDirectory: URL { get }

  • Location of shared documents between app and extension

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var sharedDocumentsDirectory: URL { get }

  • Undocumented

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func sharedPath(for component: String) -> URL

  • Undocumented

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var sharedFileNames: [String] { get }

  • True if the user has an iCloud container available to use

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var hasCloudDirectory: Bool { get }

  • Location of documents on device that can be backed-up to iCloud if enabled.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var localDocumentsDirectory: URL { get }

  • Location of app documents in iCloud (if enabled). NOTE: this should not be accessed from the main thread as it can take some time before it will return a value.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var cloudDocumentsDirectory: URL? { get }

  • Try to obtain the size of a given file.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func fileSizeOf(url: URL) -> UInt64

    Parameters

    url

    the location of the file to measure

    Return Value

    size in bytes or 0 if there was a problem getting the size