Download container for an app from iPhone using Xcode command line

Question

I have developed an iOS app, this app saves some of the log, that appears in the applications container. I can download this container using Xcode > Device > Select App > Download Container menu option.

Then I can see my log file in directory ..../AppData/Documents/mylog.log

Basically process describe here https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/recipes/xcode_help-devices_organizer/articles/manage_containers.html

However I want to automate this, is there way to download an applications container using Xcode via command line?

Answer 1

There is a project called ios-deploy on github. https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy

// Download your app's Documents, Library and tmp folders
ios-deploy --bundle_id 'bundle.id' --download --to MyDestinationFolder

// List the contents of your app's Documents, Library and tmp folders
ios-deploy --bundle_id 'bundle.id' --list

// Download the Documents directory of the app only
ios-deploy --download=/Documents --bundle_id my.app.id --to ./my_download_location

Also, if you have a jailbreaked phone, you would have the most flexibility of do anything relative to file operations. For example you could copy files using tools like 'scp', 'rsyn';