Re: Two NSFileManager questions

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 8 Mar 2006, at 13:32, Enrico Sersale wrote:

> 1) NSFileManager, in -_copyPath:::, when encounters a directory,  
> tries to create a new destination directory with the same  
> attributes of the source; if the directory is created but the  
> attributes can't be set it skips the source contents, even if  
> _proceedAccordingToHandler::::: returns YES.
> I'm wondering if this is the right behaviour or if it should be  
> considered a bug.
> It seems to me a bit restrictive; if I'm a user and I want to make  
> a copy in my home directory of an external directory for which I've  
> read access, this should be allowed; in this case NSFileManager  
> should try to change only the permissions but not owner and group.

Agreed ... when copying a directory we should not be trying to  
preserve the original ownership ... should be fixed in svn.

> 2) I can't find a way to remove broken symlinks; - 
> removeFileAtPath:: doesn't work in this case.

I can't reproduce this ... -removeFileAtPath: removes broken links  
for me.