How to move a symlink to the trash?
- by neoneye
I don't see any options for the FSPathMoveObjectToTrashSync() function for not following links.
Here is what I have tried
Create a link and a file
[ 21:32:41 /tmp ] $ touch my_file
[ 21:32:45 /tmp ] $ ln -s my_file my_link
[ 21:32:52 /tmp ] $ la
total 8
drwxrwxrwt 12 root wheel 408 17 Maj 21:32 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel 204 9 Sep 2009 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 neoneye wheel 0 17 Maj 21:32 my_file
lrwxr-xr-x 1 neoneye wheel 7 17 Maj 21:32 my_link -> my_file
Move the link to the trash
OSStatus status = FSPathMoveObjectToTrashSync(
"/tmp/my_link",
NULL,
kFSFileOperationDefaultOptions
);
NSLog(@"status: %i", (int)status);
Output is
status: 0
However the file got removed and not the link
[ 21:32:55 /tmp ] $ la
total 8
drwxrwxrwt 11 root wheel 374 17 Maj 21:33 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel 204 9 Sep 2009 ..
lrwxr-xr-x 1 neoneye wheel 7 17 Maj 21:32 my_link -> my_file
[ 21:33:05 /tmp ] $
How can I move move symlinks to the trash?
The Solution.. thanks to Rob Napier
NSString* path = @"/tmp/my_link";
OSStatus status = 0;
FSRef ref;
status = FSPathMakeRefWithOptions(
(const UInt8 *)[path fileSystemRepresentation],
kFSPathMakeRefDoNotFollowLeafSymlink,
&ref,
NULL
);
NSAssert((status == 0), @"failed to make FSRef");
status = FSMoveObjectToTrashSync(
&ref,
NULL,
kFSFileOperationDefaultOptions
);
NSLog(@"status: %i", (int)status);
