More Detailed Error From createFileAtPath?

Question

Is there anyway to get more detailed error data back from \"createFileAtPath\" I was kind of expecting an NSError? Currently I am using the BOOL return value.

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Answer 1

You're not supposed to use that method; they forgot to put this in the main docs (!), but if you read the Apple header file you find this comment:

/* These methods are provided here for compatibility. The corresponding methods on NSData which return NSErrors should be regarded as the primary method of creating a file from an NSData or retrieving the contents of a file as an NSData. */

So, instead, Apple expects you to use this (which, from testing, appears to function exactly the same - except that it's located in a bizarre class where you'd never think to look for it (I want to create an empty file ... so I have to ... instantiate a nil NSData object? What?) it has an NSError object):

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/cocoa/reference/foundation/Classes/NSData_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSData/writeToFile:options:error: