Cocoa/Finder: weird path

Question

im asking the finder for the current finder window location/path/whatever with

NSString *path = [[finder insertionLocation] get];

which results in a path like that:

2011-06-03 18:38:55.132 CutIt[1980:903] <FinderFolder @0x1561d960: FinderFolder "eike" of FinderFolder "Users" of startupDisk of application "Finder" (185)>

is there a common way to convert that into a usable path, like /users/eike, or do i have to patch something together myself?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '11 at 16:48

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A little bit nested, but you can divide it as you like:

NSString *path = [[NSURL URLWithString:[[[finder insertionLocation] get] URL]] path];

answered Jun 03 '11 at 16:48

Manlio

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thanks that works, although xcode warns me about incompatible pointers – Eike Cochu Jun 03 '11 at 21:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '12 at 18:00

In case anyone is interested, here's a way to get the path without the casting warning:

NSURL *insertLocation = [[[finder insertionLocation] get] URL];
NSString *path = [[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",insertLocation]] path];

Cocoa/Finder: weird path

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