Renaming an existing file with Obj-C

Question

I've seen this question asked a few times but I have been unable thus far to achieve success using any of the post solutions. What I am trying to do is rename a file in the local storage of an app (also kind of new to Obj-c). I am able to retrieve the old path and create the new path, but what would I have to write in order to actually change the files name?

What I have thus far is:

- (void) setPDFName:(NSString*)name{
    NSArray *dirPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,
                                                   NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString* initPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",[dirPaths objectAtIndex:0], @"newPDF.pdf"];
    NSString *newPath = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",
                          [initPath stringByDeletingLastPathComponent], name]
                         stringByAppendingPathExtension:[initPath pathExtension]];
}

Answer 1

NSError *error = nil;
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] moveItemAtPath:initPath toPath:newPath error:&error];

Answer 2

The code is very messy; try this:

- (BOOL)renameFileFrom:(NSString*)oldName to:(NSString *)newName
{
    NSString *documentDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,
                                                   NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *oldPath = [documentDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:oldName];
    NSString *newPath = [documentDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:newName];

    NSFileManager *fileMan = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    NSError *error = nil;
    if (![fileMan moveItemAtPath:oldPath toPath:newPath error:&error])
    {
        NSLog(@"Failed to move '%@' to '%@': %@", oldPath, newPath, [error localizedDescription]);
        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}

and call this using:

if (![self renameFileFrom:@"oldName.pdf" to:@"newName.pdf])
{
    // Something went wrong
}

Better still, put the renameFileFrom:to: method into a utility class and make it a class method so it can be called from anywhere in your project.