Re: Where the file is?

FROM : Uli Kusterer
DATE : Sat Jan 19 14:59:06 2008

On 19.01.2008, at 14:10, Luca Ciciriello wrote:
> 1. ofstream ofs("ThreadLog.log");


  That's a partial path, relative to the current working directory. 
Have you set the current working directory? You'd do that using the 
chdir() function.

> When I launch my application, this instructions are executed, but 
> I'm unable to locate where my file is written.


  Well, the current working directory is set differently depending on 
how your app is launched. I think Finder and Xcode behave differently, 
one uses / and another uses the directory containing your app. You'll 
have to query the current working directory to find our where your app 
ends up, or just use an absolute path to make sure it ends up in a 
place where you want it.

> Wich path I've to use in (1.) to see my file written in the same 
> location where my app is?



  If your application is a regular MacOS bundle, you could use 
NSBundle, which lets you get the path of your application bundle as an 
NSString. You can then get a char* containing this as a path that C++ 
understands using NSString's fileSystemRepresentation method.

  But really, you shouldn't assume you can write to the directory 
where your app is. So, generally you should either ask the user where 
to put your files, or use a standard location, like Application 
Support, Documents, or in your case probably ~/Library/Logs/.

  If you have other support files that are read-only, you'd best put 
them in your app bundle's "Resources" folder and use NSBundle's 
pathForResource:ofType: method to get an NSString with the absolute 
path to it, and then use that to actually access the path.

Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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