iphone sdk see size of local file (one created by application)

Question

Is there anyway I can look at the size of a file the application creates in bytes then store that number to use later? OR is there any way I can tell if an object in an NSArray is empty, I've tried everything, but it just doesn't work!

Answer 1

Use NSFileManager class' method

- (NSDictionary *)attributesOfItemAtPath:(NSString *)path error:(NSError **)error

The size key in the returned dictionary is defined as

NSString * const NSFileSize;

So for an example

NSError *error = nil;
NSDictionary *attributes = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] 
    attributesOfItemAtPath:@"/path/to/file" error:&error];

if (!error) {
    NSNumber *size = [attributes objectForKey:NSFileSize];
}

Answer 2

is there any way I can tell if an object in an NSArray is empty

Ask the object.