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Leopard Sample Code: Core Foundation
File management consists of storing persistent information on a physical medium and retrieving that information later. Developers can use standard Mac OS X programming interfaces to gain access to stored files, folders, and disc recordings in Core Foundation programs.

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FSMegaInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
2008-02-25
CFPrefTopScores (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to access globally shared (writable) user preferences without requiring authentication.
2006-10-09
Watcher (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses FSEvents to monitor a directory hierarchy to keep track of its total size
2006-08-04
CheckExecutableArchitecture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Determine whether a particular Mach-O executable contains a version suitable for executing on a given processor architecture.
2006-02-07
filesystem_examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Collection of command line tools illustrating filesystem features.
2006-01-10
FileNotification (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
kqueue file notification introduced in 10.3. Notification API to detect file system modifications.
2005-10-27
DisplayURL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Parses a passed in path URL into its various components displaying server information.
2005-10-04
Spotlight (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample code that shows how to write Spotlight Importers.
2005-06-01
FSCopyObject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Copy engine for copying files and directories.
2004-03-19
MoreIsBetter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
2003-10-27