Returns a dictionary containing the attributes of the directory at which enumeration started.
The contents of this dictionary are as produced by [NSFileManager -fileAttributesAtPath:traverseLink:]

Returns a dictionary containing the attributes of the file currently being enumerated.
The contents of this dictionary are as produced by [NSFileManager -fileAttributesAtPath:traverseLink:]

Informs the receiver that any descendents of the current directory should be skipped rather than enumerated. Use this to avoid enumerating the contents of directories you are not interested in.

Returns a shared default file manager which may be used throughout an application.

If a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path, and can be queried for its attributes, this method returns a dictionary containing the various attributes of that file. Otherwise nil is returned.
If an error occurs, error describes the problem. Pass NULL if you do not want error information.

The dictionary keys for attributes are -

NSFileAppendOnly

NSNumber... boolean

NSFileCreationDate

NSDate when the file was created (if supported)

NSFileDeviceIdentifier

NSNumber (identifies the device on which the file is stored)

NSFileExtensionHidden

NSNumber... boolean

NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName

NSString name of the file group

NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID

NSNumber ID of the file group

NSFileHFSCreatorCode

NSNumber not used

NSFileHFSTypeCode

NSNumber not used

NSFileImmutable

NSNumber... boolean

NSFileModificationDate

NSDate when the file was last modified

NSFileOwnerAccountName

NSString name of the file owner

NSFileOwnerAccountID

NSNumber ID of the file owner

NSFilePosixPermissions

NSNumber posix access permissions mask

NSFileReferenceCount

NSNumber number of links to this file

NSFileSize

NSNumber size of the file in bytes

NSFileSystemFileNumber

NSNumber the identifier for the file on the filesystem

NSFileSystemNumber

NSNumber the filesystem on which the file is stored

NSFileType

NSString the type of file

The NSDictionary class also has a set of convenience accessor methods which enable you to get at file attribute information more efficiently than using the keys above to extract it. You should generally use the accessor methods where they are available.

• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileCreationDate]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileExtensionHidden]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileHFSCreatorCode]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileHFSTypeCode]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileIsAppendOnly]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileIsImmutable]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileSize]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileType]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileOwnerAccountName]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileOwnerAccountID]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileGroupOwnerAccountName]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileGroupOwnerAccountID]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileModificationDate]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -filePosixPermissions]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileSystemNumber]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileSystemFileNumber]

Changes the current directory used for all subsequent operations.
All non-absolute paths are interpreted relative to this directory.
The current directory is set on a per-task basis, so the current directory for other file manager instances will also be changed by this method.

Change the attributes of the file at path to those specified.
Returns YES if all requested changes were made (or if the dictionary was nil or empty, so no changes were requested), NO otherwise.
On failure, some of the requested changes may have taken place.

Returns an array of path components suitably modified for display to the end user. This modification may render the returned strings unusable for path manipulation, so you should work with two arrays... one returned by this method (for display to the user), and a parallel one returned by [NSString -pathComponents] (for path manipulation).

Reads the file at path an returns its contents as an NSData object.
If an error occurs or if path specifies a directory etc then nil is returned.

Returns YES if the contents of the file or directory at path1 are the same as those at path2.
If path1 and path2 are files, this is a simple comparison. If they are directories, the contents of the files in those subdirectories are compared recursively.
Symbolic links are not followed.
A comparison checks first file identity, then size, then content.

Returns an array of the contents of the specified directory.
The listing does not recursively list subdirectories.
The special files '.' and '..' are not listed.
Indicates an error by returning nil (eg. if path is not a directory or it can't be read for some reason).

Copies the item specified by the src path to the location specified by the dst path. If the src is a directory, it is copied recursively with all of its contents.
Errors are returned in the error variable. Returns YES on success, NO otherwise.

Copies the a file or directory specified by the src URL to the location specified by the dst URL. If the src is a directory, it is copied recursively with all of its contents.
Errors are returned in the error variable. Returns YES on success, NO otherwise.

Copies the file or directory at source to destination, using a handler object which should respond to [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:willProcessPath:] and [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:shouldProceedAfterError:] messages.
Will not copy to a destination which already exists.

Creates a new directory, and sets its attributes as specified.
Fails if directories in the path are missing.
Returns YES if the directory was created (or already exists), NO otherwise.

Creates a new directory and all intermediate directories. if flag is YES. Creates only the last directory in the path if flag is NO.
The directory is created with the attributes specified in attributes and any error is returned in error.
returns YES on success, NO on failure.

Creates a new directory and all intermediate directories in the file URL if flag is YES. Creates only the last directory in the URL if flag is NO.
The directory is created with the attributes specified in attributes and any error is returned in error.
returns YES on success, NO on failure.

Creates a new file, and sets its attributes as specified.
Initialises the file content with the specified data.
Returns YES on success, NO on failure.

Creates a symbolic link at path which links to the location specified by otherPath.

Returns the current working directory used by all instance of the file manager in the current task.

Returns an array of the contents of the specified directory.
The listing does not recursively list subdirectories.
The special files '.' and '..' are not listed.
Indicates an error by returning nil (eg. if path is not a directory or it can't be read for some reason).

Returns the name of the file or directory at path. Converts it into a format for display to an end user. This may render it unusable as part of a file/path name.
For instance, if a user has elected not to see file extensions, this method may return filenames with the extension removed.
The default operation is to return the result of calling [NSString -lastPathComponent] on the path.

Returns an enumerator which can be used to return each item with the directory at path in turn.

The enumeration is recursive... following all nested subdirectories.

The order in which directory contents are enumerated is undefined, and in the current implementation the natural order of the underlying filesystem is used.

If a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path, and can be queried for its attributes, this method returns a dictionary containing the various attributes of that file. Otherwise nil is returned.
If the flag is NO and the file is a symbolic link, the attributes of the link itself (rather than the file it points to) are returned.

The dictionary keys for attributes are -

NSFileAppendOnly

NSNumber... boolean

NSFileCreationDate

NSDate when the file was created (if supported)

NSFileDeviceIdentifier

NSNumber (identifies the device on which the file is stored)

NSFileExtensionHidden

NSNumber... boolean

NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName

NSString name of the file group

NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID

NSNumber ID of the file group

NSFileHFSCreatorCode

NSNumber not used

NSFileHFSTypeCode

NSNumber not used

NSFileImmutable

NSNumber... boolean

NSFileModificationDate

NSDate when the file was last modified

NSFileOwnerAccountName

NSString name of the file owner

NSFileOwnerAccountID

NSNumber ID of the file owner

NSFilePosixPermissions

NSNumber posix access permissions mask

NSFileReferenceCount

NSNumber number of links to this file

NSFileSize

NSNumber size of the file in bytes

NSFileSystemFileNumber

NSNumber the identifier for the file on the filesystem

NSFileSystemNumber

NSNumber the filesystem on which the file is stored

NSFileType

NSString the type of file

The NSDictionary class also has a set of convenience accessor methods which enable you to get at file attribute information more efficiently than using the keys above to extract it. You should generally use the accessor methods where they are available.

• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileCreationDate]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileExtensionHidden]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileHFSCreatorCode]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileHFSTypeCode]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileIsAppendOnly]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileIsImmutable]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileSize]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileType]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileOwnerAccountName]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileOwnerAccountID]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileGroupOwnerAccountName]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileGroupOwnerAccountID]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileModificationDate]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -filePosixPermissions]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileSystemNumber]
• [NSDictionary(NSFileAttributes) -fileSystemFileNumber]

Returns YES if a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path.

Returns YES if a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path.
If the isDirectory argument is not a nul pointer, stores a flag in the location it points to, indicating whether the file is a directory or not.

Returns a dictionary containing the filesystem attributes for the specified path (or nil if the path is not valid).

NSFileSystemSize

NSNumber the size of the filesystem in bytes

NSFileSystemFreeSize

NSNumber the amount of unused space on the filesystem in bytes

NSFileSystemNodes

NSNumber the number of nodes in use to store files

NSFileSystemFreeNodes

NSNumber the number of nodes available to create files

NSFileSystemNumber

NSNumber the identifying number for the filesystem

Convert from OpenStep internal string format to a string in the local filesystem format, suitable for passing to system functions.
This representation may vary between filesystems.
Converts the standard path separator ('/') and path extension ('.') characters to the local representation if necessary.
On mingw32 systems, the filesystem representation is 16-bit unicode and is expected to be used in conjunction with the variants of system calls which work with unicode strings.
Raises an exception if the character conversion is not possible.

Returns YES if a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path and is deletable.

Returns YES if a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path and is executable (if a directory is executable, you can access its contents).

Returns YES if a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path and is readable.

Returns YES if a file (or directory etc) exists at the specified path and is writable.

Links the file or directory at source to destination, using a handler object which should respond to [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:willProcessPath:] and [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:shouldProceedAfterError:] messages.

If the destination is a directory, the source path is linked into that directory, otherwise the destination must not exist, but its parent directory must exist and the source will be linked into the parent as the name specified by the destination.

If the source is a symbolic link, it is copied to the destination.
If the source is a directory, it is copied to the destination and its contents are linked into the new directory.
Otherwise, a hard link is made from the destination to the source.

Moves a file or directory specified by src to its destination specified by dst, errors are returned in error.
Returns YES on success, NO otherwise.

Moves a file or directory specified by src to its destination specified by dst, errors are returned in error.
Returns YES on success, NO otherwise.

Moves the file or directory at source to destination, using a handler object which should respond to [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:willProcessPath:] and [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:shouldProceedAfterError:] messages. Will not move to a destination which already exists.

Returns the name of the file or directory that the symbolic link at path points to.

Removes the file or directory at path, using a handler object which should respond to [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:willProcessPath:] and [NSObject(NSFileManagerHandler) -fileManager:shouldProceedAfterError:] messages.

Removes the file or directory specified by the path to be removed. If the path points to a directory, the directory is deleted recursively.
Returns YES on success, otherwise NO.

Removes the file or directory specified by the url to be removed. If the url points to a directory, the directory is deleted recursively.
Returns YES on success, otherwise NO.

Convert to OpenStep internal string format from a string in the local filesystem format, as returned by system functions.
This representation may vary between filesystems.
The GNUstep version of this method currently does not bother to change any path separator and extension characters to the standard values ('/' and '.' respectively) as the path handling methods of NSString should be able to handle native format strings.
On mingw32 systems, the filesystem representation is 16-bit unicode and is expected to have come from the variant of a system call which works with unicode strings.

Returns an array containing the (relative) paths of all the items in the directory at path.
The listing follows all subdirectories, so it can produce a very large array... use with care.

Return the file creation date attribute (or nil if not found).

Return the file extension hidden attribute (or NO if not found).

Return an NSNumber with the numeric value of the NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID attribute in the dictionary, or nil if the attribute is not present.

Return the file group owner account name attribute or nil if not present.

Returns HFS creator attribute (OS X).

Returns HFS type code attribute (OS X).

Return the file append only attribute (or NO if not found).

Return the file immutable attribute (or NO if not found).

Return the file modification date attribute (or nil if not found)

Return an NSNumber with the numeric value of the NSFileOwnerAccountID attribute in the dictionary, or nil if the attribute is not present.

Return the file owner account name attribute or nil if not present.

Return the file posix permissions attribute (or NSNotFound if the attribute is not present in the dictionary).

Return the size of the file, or NSNotFound if the file size attribute is not found in the dictionary.

Return the file system file identification number attribute or NSNotFound if the attribute is not present in the dictionary).

Return the file system number attribute (or NSNotFound if the attribute is not present in the dictionary).

Return the file type attribute or nil if not present.

When an error occurs during a copy or move operation, the file manager will send this message to the handler, and will use the return value to determine whether the operation should proceed. If the method returns YES then the operation will proceed after the error, if it returns NO then it will be aborted.

If the handler does not implement this method it will be treated as if it returns NO.

The error dictionary contains the following

• "Error" contains a description of the error.
• "Path" contains the path that is being processed when an error occurred. If an error occurs during an operation involving two files, like copying, and it is not clear which file triggers the error it will default to the source file.
• "FromPath" (Optional) contains the path involved in reading.
• "ToPath" (Optional) contains the path involved in writing.

Note that the FromPath is a GNUstep extension.

Also the FromPath and ToPath are filled in when appropriate. So when copying a file they will typically both have a value and when reading only FromPath.

The file manager sends this method to the handler immediately before performing part of a directory move or copy operation. This provides the handler object with information it can use in the event of an error, to decide whether processing should proceed after the error.