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I'm trying to get the file path of a file called "temp.pdf" which is located in the NSTemporaryDirectory folder (I've checked, the file exists).

I use this:

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"temp" ofType:@"pdf" inDirectory:NSTemporaryDirectory()];

I've tried with:

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"temp.pdf" ofType:@"" inDirectory:NSTemporaryDirectory()];

And:

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"temp" ofType:@"pdf"];

But it seems that it doesn't work, return value is always null.

How can I access the file path?

Jason Aller
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NSTemporaryDirectory() provides a full path to the temporary directory. Instead of using your mainBundle have you tried

NSString *filePath = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"temp.pdf"];

If you need a URL instead, do this:

NSURL *furl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"temp.pdf"]];
Alex Terente
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Joe
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  • OK, when I do that, I want to use filepath with [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:filepath]; I've made [NSURL urlWithString:filepath], but Xcode says : "Invalid scheme (null). Only the file scheme is supported." – HasgardLucian Aug 16 '11 at 13:30
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    Try `NSURL *furl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"temp.pdf"]];` – Joe Aug 16 '11 at 13:38
  • What if we want to return all pdf files in temp directory?? – Eshwar Chaitanya Dec 22 '14 at 15:41
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Swift 2.0 

let tmpDirURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSTemporaryDirectory(),isDirectory: true)
let fileURL = tmpDirURL.URLByAppendingPathComponent("stuff").URLByAppendingPathExtension("gif")
print("FilePath: \(fileURL.path)")
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For Swift 3.0

var fileUrl: URL = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory())
fileUrl.appendPathComponent("foo")
fileUrl.appendPathExtension("bar")
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