I tried to reproduce your problem by creating directories ~/wtf/FromHere and ~/wtf/ToHere, with three files in FromHere named 1, 2, and 3. I switch over to using "ToHere-NEW" when it detects a file whose name is >= "2".
My test code renamed the directory and switched over to it just fine: - (void)test { NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSString *fromDir = [@"~/wtf/FromHere" stringByStandardizingPath]; NSString *originalToDir = [@"~/wtf/ToHere" stringByStandardizingPath]; NSString *toDir = originalToDir; NSError *error = nil; NSArray *filesToCopy = [[fileManager contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:fromDir error:&error] sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(caseInsensitiveCompare:)]; for (NSString *fileName in filesToCopy) { // Rename the destination directory if necessary. if ([fileName intValue] >= 2) { NSLog(@"File name is %@; will rename directory if necessary.", fileName); NSString *newToDir = [originalToDir stringByAppendingString:@"-NEW"]; if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:newToDir]) { if ([fileManager moveItemAtPath:toDir toPath:newToDir error:&error]) { NSLog(@"...SUCCESS: Renamed %@ to %@.", toDir, newToDir); } else { NSLog(@"...ERROR: Failed to rename %@ to %@ -- %@.", toDir, newToDir, error); abort(); } toDir = newToDir; } else { NSLog(@"...%@ already exists; no need to rename.", newToDir); } } // Move the file to the directory at shootPath. NSString *oldFilePath = [fromDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName]; NSString *newFilePath = [toDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName]; if ([fileManager copyItemAtPath:oldFilePath toPath:newFilePath error:&error]) { NSLog(@"Copied file %@ to %@.", oldFilePath, newFilePath); } else { NSLog(@"...ERROR: Failed to copy %@ to %@ -- %@.", oldFilePath, newFilePath, error); abort(); } } } 2011-04-17 01:46:41.013 Scratcho[2630:a0f] Copied file /Users/alee/wtf/FromHere/1 to /Users/alee/wtf/ToHere/1. 2011-04-17 01:46:41.014 Scratcho[2630:a0f] File name is 2; will rename directory if necessary. 2011-04-17 01:46:41.069 Scratcho[2630:a0f] ...SUCCESS: Renamed /Users/alee/wtf/ToHere to /Users/alee/wtf/ToHere-NEW. 2011-04-17 01:46:44.712 Scratcho[2630:a0f] Copied file /Users/alee/wtf/FromHere/2 to /Users/alee/wtf/ToHere-NEW/2. 2011-04-17 01:46:44.712 Scratcho[2630:a0f] File name is 3; will rename directory if necessary. 2011-04-17 01:46:44.713 Scratcho[2630:a0f] .../Users/alee/wtf/ToHere-NEW already exists; no need to rename. 2011-04-17 01:46:46.934 Scratcho[2630:a0f] Copied file /Users/alee/wtf/FromHere/3 to /Users/alee/wtf/ToHere-NEW/3. --Andy _______________________________________________ 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