How do I get a path to a file?

Question

I want to open a database.sqlite3. Firstly, I need to get a path. But I don't know how to get this path.

I need a relative path.

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EDIT: I don't want to use NSBundle. It get a very long path.

I want to use /Users/Voloda2/Projects/facebook/database.sqlite3 Is it possible to get a relative path?

EDIT2: I often change my database. I use Navicat for this operation. If I use NSBundle I have one problem. git did't indexed my database because it didn't lies in project folder. Thus I need to lay my database to project folder.

straight path is /Users/Voloda2/Projects/facebook/database.sqlite3

relative path something like this ../database.sqlite3

Relative path is a path relative to project folder. Is it possible to get a relative path? May be it didn't possible.

This question is not as bad as to be downvoted. +1 to counter it. — user529758
– user529758, Commented Oct 21, 2012 at 15:54

user529758 · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-21 11:47:50Z

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Assuming you're making a regular OS X/Cocoa app, Xcode will copy the database file to the app bundle. So, you can use the NSBundle class to obtain its path easily:

NSString *databasePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"database" ofType:@"sqlite3"];

answered Oct 21, 2012 at 11:47

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Voloda2 Over a year ago

H2CO3, please see my comment.

user529758 Over a year ago

@Voloda2 what's the problem with the path being 'very long'? That's how applications are organized in OS X. Also, to what do you want to obtain a relative path? To the home directory? To the app's bundle directory?

user529758 Over a year ago

@Voloda2 Why don't you just symlink the file in the project folder to the app bundle? (Btw you can define where your project is as a constant string, then use stringByAppendingPathComponent:.)

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