Question

I am using this code to make an array with all the documents in the Documents folder of my app… Here is the code:

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

NSArray *filePathsArray = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] subpathsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory  error:nil];

NSLog(@"files array %@", filePathsArray);'

How do I exclude .DS_Store from the array?

Answer 1

You can’t exclude the .DS_Store files with that method, unless you want to do a second step, and filter them out of your filePathsArray. If you want to do it one step, then use contentsOfDirectoryAtURL:includingPropertiesForKeys:options:error:. You can pass nil for the properties and NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles for the options. You would also have to change the way you get path, and use URLsForDirectory:inDomains: to get the URL of the documents directory.