fileCreationDate
Returns the value for the
NSFileCreationDate key.
- (NSDate *)fileCreationDate
Return Value
The value for the
NSFileCreationDate key, or nil if the dictionary doesn’t have an entry for the key.
Example of [NSDictionary fileCreationDate]
NSString *bundleRoot = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];
NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *dirContents = [fm contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:bundleRoot error:nil];
for(int i=0;i<[dirContents count];i++)
{
NSDictionary* attrs = [fm attributesOfItemAtPath:[dirContents objectAtIndex:i] error:nil];
if (attrs != nil) {
NSDate *date = (NSDate*)[attrs fileCreationDate];
NSLog(@"Date Created: %@", [date description]);
}
else {
NSLog(@"Not found");
}
}
Example of [NSDictionary fileCreationDate]
- (NSDictionary *) attributesForFile:(NSURL *)anURI {
// note: singleton is not thread-safe
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSString *aPath = [anURI path];
if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:aPath]) return nil;
NSError *attributesRetrievalError = nil;
NSDictionary *attributes = [fileManager attributesOfItemAtPath:aPath
error:&attributesRetrievalError];
if (!attributes) {
NSLog(@"Error for file at %@: %@", aPath, attributesRetrievalError);
return nil;
}
NSMutableDictionary *returnedDictionary =
[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[attributes fileType], @"fileType",
[attributes fileModificationDate], @"fileModificationDate",
[attributes fileCreationDate], @"fileCreationDate",
[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:[attributes fileSize]], @"fileSize",
nil];
return returnedDictionary;
}