Just use: const char *filename = [nsstring fileSystemRepresentation];
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Francis Devereux <fran...@devrx.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I am porting an app to Mac OS X (well, actually someone else has ported it > and I am building a cocoa GUI). > > I have an NSString with a filename in it that I need to pass to the portable > code as a char *. The portable code will then pass it to UNIX file handling > functions like fopen(). > > I guess that I need to use NSString's getCString:maxLength:encoding: method, > but what should I pass for the encoding parameter? Phrased another way, > what encoding does fopen() expect filenames to be in? > > Thanks, > > Francis > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/clarkcox3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to clarkc...@gmail.com > -- Clark S. Cox III clarkc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com