Swift relativePath property that FileManager.default.enumerator outputs is full path

Question

I want to get relative paths, but I get full paths in the following code. Xcode 14.3

let  homePath = NSHomeDirectory()
let  homeURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: ".", relativeTo: URL(fileURLWithPath: homePath))
guard let  fileEnumeratorIncludingSubFolder = FileManager.default.enumerator(
        at: homeURL,
        includingPropertiesForKeys: [],
        options: [.skipsHiddenFiles, .skipsPackageDescendants])
else { fatalError() }

for case let fileURL as URL in fileEnumeratorIncludingSubFolder {
    print(fileURL.relativePath)  // Expected relative path but full path
}

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/url/1780432-relativepath "this is the same as `path` if `basePath` is `nil`" - is `basePath` `nil`? — Paulw11, May 06 '23 at 03:40
Add `.producesRelativePathURLs` to the enumeration options and you will get what you want. — HangarRash, May 06 '23 at 03:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '23 at 03:59

Try printing out the baseURLs of the URLs you are getting:

print(fileURL.baseURL)

You should see that these are all nil. Because of this, relativePath returns just returns the path component:

This is the same as path if baseURL is nil.

It turns out that giving out absolute URLs is just how enumerator(at:includingPropertiesForKeys:options:errorHandler:) behaves by default.

Fortunately, there is an additional option that you can pass, so that it producesRelativePathURLs.

guard let fileEnumeratorIncludingSubFolder = FileManager.default.enumerator(
        at: homeURL,
        includingPropertiesForKeys: [],
        options: [.skipsHiddenFiles, .skipsPackageDescendants, .producesRelativePathURLs]) // here!
else { fatalError() }

Swift relativePath property that FileManager.default.enumerator outputs is full path

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