nsDirectoryService

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Summary

The XPCOM Directory Service. This service returns the locations of "well known" directories in an OS-independent manner. For instance, it can give you the path of the system's temporary directory, desktop directory, current working directory, and so on.

Class ID
f00152d0-b40b-11d3-8c9c-000064657374
ContractID
@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1

Supported Interfaces

  • nsIProperties
  • nsIDirectoryService

     

    Remarks

    This component is a singleton and should therefore be accessed via the XPCOM Service Manager.

    Example Code

    #include "nsXPCOM.h"
    #include "nsCOMPtr.h"
    #include "nsDirectoryServiceDefs.h"
    #include "nsIServiceManager.h"
    #include "nsIProperties.h"
    /**
     * Get the location of the system's "temp" directory.
     */
    nsresult GetTempDir(nsIFile **aResult)
    {
      nsresult rv;
      nsCOMPtr<nsIServiceManager> svcMgr;
      rv = NS_GetServiceManager(getter_AddRefs(svcMgr));
      if (NS_FAILED(rv))
        return rv;
      nsCOMPtr<nsIProperties> directory;
      rv = svcMgr->GetServiceByContractID("@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1",
                                          NS_GET_IID(nsIProperties),
                                          getter_AddRefs(directory));
      if (NS_FAILED(rv))
        return rv;
      rv = directory->Get(NS_OS_TEMP_DIR, NS_GET_IID(nsIFile), aResult);
      return rv;
    }
    

    Note that NS_OS_TEMP_DIR is defined in nsDirectoryServiceDefs.h along with a number of other Directory Service keys.

    See Also

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