I'm really wondering what is stored in the mentioned path?
A side question: May a developer use this path (at least the folder) to store his own temp data?
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A:
[...] what is stored [...] ?
Cached responses from webservers.
[...] use this path [...] ?
The directory is meant to use for application cache files. Get this path using:
NSArray* paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString* cacheDir = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
Nikolai Ruhe
2009-09-08 11:04:16
obtaining 'cacheDir' is very useful, thanks! I see non zero Cache.db files even for applications without network functions. Is this file 'only' for responses from webservers?
cocoafan
2009-09-08 12:40:43
Are you sure the apps have no network functions? For example, many apps have auto-updating, which will query a webserver for the latest app version.
iKenndac
2009-09-08 13:51:45
Or they might link a library or just load a plugin (InputManagers, I'm looking at you!) that do! Any way: try `sqlite3 ~/Library/Caches/<my-app-bundle>/Cache.db .schema` to see what tables are in the database. I see three tables with names like `cfurl_cache_response`. I presume that's Apple's URL caching.
Nikolai Ruhe
2009-09-08 14:06:11
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A:
Some URLs related to these two topics:
http://www.latko.org/2009/05/19/pulling-content-out-of-os-x-cachedb-files/
http://cocoawithlove.com/2009/07/temporary-files-and-folders-in-cocoa.html
Stephen Hoffman
2009-09-08 13:40:42