You should be able to figure it out by modifying my code here which adds tildes or hashes. This is in a category of NSString.
- (NSString*)pathSuffixedWithString:(NSString*)suffix { NSString* newPath = self ; do { newPath = [[[newPath stringByDeletingPathExtension] stringByAppendingString:suffix] stringByAppendingPathExtension:[self pathExtension]] ; } while ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:newPath]) ; return newPath ; } - (NSString*)tildefiedPath { return [self pathSuffixedWithString:@"~"] ; } - (NSString*)hashifiedPath { return [self pathSuffixedWithString:@"#"] ; } _______________________________________________ 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