NSDictionary NSFileSystemNumber example ios

fileSystemNumber - NSFileSystemNumber

Returns the value for the key NSFileSystemNumber.

- (NSInteger)fileSystemNumber

Return Value

The value, as an unsigned long, for the key NSFileSystemNumber, or 0 if the dictionary doesn’t have an entry for the key

Discussion of [NSDictionary NSFileSystemNumber]

This and the other file... methods are for use with a dictionary, such as those returned from the methodsfileAttributesAtPath:traverseLink: (NSFileManager), directoryAttributes(NSDirectoryEnumerator), and fileAttributes (NSDirectoryEnumerator), that represents the POSIX attributes of a file or directory. This method returns the ID of the device containing the file.

Example of [NSDictionary NSFileSystemNumber]

NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSError *error = nil;
NSDictionary *attr = [fm attributesOfItemAtPath:@"/" error:&error];
if (!error) {
    NSLog(@"Attr: %@", attr);
}

2009-10-28 17:21:11.936 MyApp[33149:a0b] Attr: {
    NSFileCreationDate = "2009-08-28 15:37:03 -0400";
    NSFileExtensionHidden = 0;
    NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID = 80;
    NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName = admin;
    NSFileModificationDate = "2009-10-28 15:22:15 -0400";
    NSFileOwnerAccountID = 0;
    NSFileOwnerAccountName = root;
    NSFilePosixPermissions = 1021;
    NSFileReferenceCount = 40;
    NSFileSize = 1428;
    NSFileSystemFileNumber = 2;
    NSFileSystemNumber = 234881026;
    NSFileType = NSFileTypeDirectory;
}