Objective-C getting User fullpath

Question

Hi guys, im learning Objective-C with XCode.

Im tying to get the User full path directory, im getting "good" return, but without the user full path (/User/Asinox), just im getting NSPathStore2.

I was trying with NSHomeDirectoryForUser() and with StringByExpandingTildeInPath and the result was the same (NSPathStore2).

Im using XCode 3.2.3 and SDK 4.0.1 on MAC OS X 10.6.4

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

void PrintPathInfo(){
 //NSString *path = @"~";
 NSString *directory = NSHomeDirectoryForUser(@"asinox");//[path stringByExpandingTildeInPath];

 NSArray *pathComponents = [directory pathComponents];

 NSLog(@"My home folder is at %@", *directory);
 NSLog(@"===============================");


 for(NSString *ruta in pathComponents){
  NSLog(@"%@", ruta);
 }
 NSLog(@"==============================="); 

  }


  int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
      NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

      PrintPathInfo();
      [pool release];
      return 0;
 }

Answer 1

NSString is a class cluster.

Because of the nature of class clusters, string objects aren’t actual instances of the NSString or NSMutableString classes but of one of their private subclasses

An NSPathStore2 is a private NSString subclass that is probably dedicated to dealing with paths, presumably so that path-related methods such as stringByAppendingPathComponent: or pathExtension can be performed with greater speed than if it were a non-optimised alternative.

What is the output that you are getting?

Answer 2

NSLog(@"My home folder is at %@", *directory);

Should be

NSLog(@"My home folder is at %@", directory);