init(fileURLWithPath:)

Initializes a newly created NSURL referencing the local file or directory at path.

Declaration

init(fileURLWithPath path: String)

Parameters

path:
The path that the NSURL object will represent. path should be a valid system path, and must not be an empty path. If path begins with a tilde, it must first be expanded with Expandingtildeinpath. If path is a relative path, it is treated as being relative to the current working directory.

Mentioned in

Improving performance and stability when accessing the file system

Return Value

An NSURL object initialized with path.

Discussion

Invoking this method is equivalent to invoking init(scheme:host:path:) with scheme NSURLFileScheme, a nil host, and path.

This method assumes that path is a directory if it ends with a slash. If path does not end with a slash, the method examines the file system to determine if path is a file or a directory. If path exists in the file system and is a directory, the method appends a trailing slash. If path does not exist in the file system, the method assumes that it represents a file and does not append a trailing slash.

As an alternative, consider using init(fileURLWithPath:isDirectory:), which allows you to explicitly specify whether the returned NSURL object represents a file or directory.