how to get /Users/username/Downloads path in a sandboxed app?

Question

what I've done is setup the com.apple.security.files.downloads.read-write to true, and have looked up the Apple Sandbox related docs, but I can't figure out how to get the downloads folder path, what I get is still container path like this: /Users/username/Library/Containers/com.errpro.Snell/Data/Downloads , the method I use is NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains. I've seen someone use getpwent to get the path, but seems not appropriate. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You should use the method URLForDirectory. This method find the name of the current user and insert it in the URL path.

NSFileManager       *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSURL               *downloadsURL;  

downloadsURL = [fm URLForDirectory:NSDownloadsDirectory
                   inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil
                   create:YES error:nil];