I have created a Temp directory to store some files:
//MARK: -create save delete from directory
func createTempDirectoryToStoreFile(){
var error: NSError?
let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.UserDomainMask, true)
let documentsDirectory: AnyObject = paths[0]
tempPath = documentsDirectory.stringByAppendingPathComponent("Temp")
if (!NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(tempPath!)) {
NSFileManager.defaultManager() .createDirectoryAtPath(tempPath!, withIntermediateDirectories: false, attributes: nil, error: &error)
}
}
It's fine, now I want to delete all the files that are inside the directory... I tried as below:
func clearAllFilesFromTempDirectory(){
var error: NSErrorPointer = nil
let dirPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0] as! String
var tempDirPath = dirPath.stringByAppendingPathComponent("Temp")
var directoryContents: NSArray = fileManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath(tempDirPath, error: error)!
if error == nil {
for path in directoryContents {
let fullPath = dirPath.stringByAppendingPathComponent(path as! String)
let removeSuccess = fileManager.removeItemAtPath(fullPath, error: nil)
}
}else{
println("seomthing went worng \(error)")
}
}
I notice that files are still there... What am I doing wrong?
Two things, use the temp
directory and second pass an error to the fileManager.removeItemAtPath
and place it in a if to see what failed. Also you should not be checking if the error is set but rather whether a methods has return data.
func clearAllFilesFromTempDirectory(){
var error: NSErrorPointer = nil
let dirPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0] as! String
var tempDirPath = dirPath.stringByAppendingPathComponent("Temp")
var directoryContents: NSArray = fileManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath(tempDirPath, error: error)?
if directoryContents != nil {
for path in directoryContents {
let fullPath = dirPath.stringByAppendingPathComponent(path as! String)
if fileManager.removeItemAtPath(fullPath, error: error) == false {
println("Could not delete file: \(error)")
}
}
} else {
println("Could not retrieve directory: \(error)")
}
}
To get the correct temporary directory use NSTemporaryDirectory()