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Kenneth
Kenneth

Reputation: 1055

Accessing User Library folder in Mac App

I'm writing a simple preference pane app that will not be on the MAS and does not need to be sandboxed.

I am trying to get access to their user/library directory, or at least find the path.

I can do it this way:

NSString *filePath = @"/Users/USERNAME/Library/";

if I know their USERNAME, which I don't know how to get? Or maybe there is a better way?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 705

Answers (1)

dimazava
dimazava

Reputation: 410

You can get username by calling NSUserName() function.

UPD: Understand question in wrong way. Please, use this function

// Obtain the user's real home directory
// Normally the sandbox returns the app container's user home folder, not the real one
+ (NSString *)homeDirectory {
    struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid());
    return [NSString stringWithUTF8String:pw->pw_dir];
}

Upvotes: 1

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