Getting File and Directory Attributes

- directoryAttributes

Returns an NSDictionary object that contains the attributes of the directory at which enumeration started.

Example

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSDirectoryEnumerator *directoryEnumerator = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath:documentsDirectory];
NSLog(@"%@",[directoryEnumerator directoryAttributes]);

Output

2014-04-12 05:09:26.803 iOS-Tutorial[1358:a0b] {
    NSFileCreationDate = "2014-03-22 01:41:08 +0000";
    NSFileExtensionHidden = 0;
    NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID = 20;
    NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName = staff;
    NSFileModificationDate = "2014-04-02 15:10:18 +0000";
    NSFileOwnerAccountID = 501;
    NSFilePosixPermissions = 493;
    NSFileReferenceCount = 5;
    NSFileSize = 170;
    NSFileSystemFileNumber = 3576058;
    NSFileSystemNumber = 16777217;
    NSFileType = NSFileTypeDirectory;
}

- fileAttributes

Returns an object that contains the attributes of the most recently returned file or subdirectory (as referenced by the pathname).

Example

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSDirectoryEnumerator *directoryEnumerator = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath:documentsDirectory];
NSString *pathName;
while (pathName = [directoryEnumerator nextObject])
{
    NSLog(@"%@",[directoryEnumerator fileAttributes]);
    break;
}

Output

2014-04-12 05:14:05.880 iOS-Tutorial[1416:a0b] {
    NSFileCreationDate = "2014-03-22 09:14:04 +0000";
    NSFileExtensionHidden = 1;
    NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID = 20;
    NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName = staff;
    NSFileModificationDate = "2014-03-22 09:14:04 +0000";
    NSFileOwnerAccountID = 501;
    NSFilePosixPermissions = 420;
    NSFileReferenceCount = 1;
    NSFileSize = 6148;
    NSFileSystemFileNumber = 3587553;
    NSFileSystemNumber = 16777217;
    NSFileType = NSFileTypeRegular;
}

- level

Returns the number of levels deep the current object is in the directory hierarchy being enumerated.

Example

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSDirectoryEnumerator *directoryEnumerator = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath:documentsDirectory];
while ([directoryEnumerator nextObject])
{
    NSLog(@"%d",[directoryEnumerator level]);
    break;
}

Output

2014-04-12 05:15:34.706 iOS-Tutorial[1441:a0b] 1

Skipping Subdirectories

- skipDescendents

Causes the receiver to skip recursion into the most recently obtained subdirectory.

Example

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSDirectoryEnumerator *directoryEnumerator = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath:documentsDirectory];
[directoryEnumerator skipDescendents];
NSString *path;
while (path = [directoryEnumerator nextObject])
{
    NSLog(@"%@",path);
}

Output

2014-04-12 05:16:56.944 iOS-Tutorial[1467:a0b] .DS_Store
2014-04-12 05:16:56.945 iOS-Tutorial[1467:a0b] myDict.plist
2014-04-12 05:16:56.946 iOS-Tutorial[1467:a0b] sample-string.txt

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