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steipete
/ TempDir.swift
Created
October 25, 2018 09:17
Based on https://nshipster.com/temporary-files/ I ran some experiments with the recommended replacement API for NSTemporaryDirectory(). It's not straightforward.
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| // tl;dr: FileManager.default.url(for:in:appropriateFor:create:) has unexpected behavior in Simulator and creates temporary folders outside the tmp/ directory. | |
| let tmpDirClassic = NSTemporaryDirectory() | |
| print("tmpDirClassic: \(tmpDirClassic)") | |
| // This is the same code, just syntax sugar for NSTemporaryDirectory() | |
| // https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation/blob/master/Foundation/FileManager.swift#L1420-L1422 | |
| let tmpDirClassicNewShim = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory | |
| print("tmpDirClassicNewShim: \(tmpDirClassicNewShim)") | |
| // Simulator: /Users/steipete/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/31C05637-B9C9-482C-A6CE-D063A7CECF64/data/Containers/Data/Application/A68D11A4-88BA-4FCF-A8B1-D102945D0740/tmp/ |