Re: Convert NSString to FSRef

FROM : Adam R. Maxwell
DATE : Sat Mar 15 20:48:51 2008

On Mar 15, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Keith Duncan wrote:

>> -cString has been deprecated for a very long time; it's better to 
>> use UTF8String.

>
> Not all file systems support UTF8, you should use -
> fileSystemRepresentation instead for compatability.


For some APIs, but not in this case.  The OP is creating a CFString 
and explicitly specifying UTF-8 input but passing the result of -
cString, which is generally not UTF-8.