NSURL fileUrlWithPath method returns double path

Question

this is the scenario: In a sandboxed app for OS X 10.10.5 I have some path saved in NSString object, say @"file:///Users/xxx/".

Then I execute [NSURL fileURLWithPath:object]. That gives me NSURL object like this

@"file:/Users/xxx -- file:///Users/xxx/Library/Containers/com.123456.App/Data/"

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I only need this part @"file:///Users/xxx/Library/Containers/com.123456.App/Data/"

Somehow the source string is twisted and doubled and extra dashes added in the middle. Can anyone explain why does it happen?

Xcode 6.4

Answer 1

fileURLWithPath: will return a file URL path.

i.e starting with: file:///

This means that the string path that you pass it should be in the form of:

@"/Users/xxx/Library/Containers/com.123456.App/Data/"

You do not need to prepend the path with file:///. Or you will get the result that you are getting.

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Example:

NSString * stringPath = @"/Users/xxx/Library/Containers/com.123456.App/Data/";

    NSURL * anUrl =[NSURL fileURLWithPath:stringPath ];


     NSLog(@"nUrl %@",anUrl);

----> nUrl file:///Users/xxx/Library/Containers/com.123456.App/Data/