Thanks Iain and Lee Ann path was the method I needed.
Peter On 4 Mar 2013, at 20:38, Lee Ann Rucker <lruc...@vmware.com> wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Peter Hudson wrote: > >> I recover the path string from a Save Panel like so :- >> >> NSArray *pathComponents = [[sp URL] pathComponents]; >> >> When I put them together again to use to write a file, any spaces in the >> file name are turned in %20 symbols. >> >> Any suggestions what I am doing wrong ? > > My first smart-alec reaction is to say "taking it apart and putting it back > together", but seriously, that isn't a good idea. URLs aren't Unix file > paths. If you've got a valid NSURL, why not keep it around and use it later? > Which raises the question - how are you using it to write a file? If it's > NSFileManager methods, the original NSURL is all you need; if lower-level or > methods that only have NSString versions, use [NSURL path]. > > If you do need to split the path up, it would help to know why. > lastPathComponent, pathExtension, and URLBy[Appending/Deleting]PathComponent > should cover most of what you need to do with file paths. The last time I > cared about pathComponents wasn't for file IO, it was for a "Recent Items" > -style name disambiguator - you know, how it'll show just the > lastPathComponent until there are two that match, and then it finds the first > non-matching component. > _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
