/Method writes a string to a text file
-(void) writeToTextFile{
//get the documents directory:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
//make a file name to write the data to using the documents directory:
NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/textfile.txt",
documentsDirectory];
//create content - four lines of text
NSString *content = @"One\nTwo\nThree\nFour\nFive";
//save content to the documents directory
[content writeToFile:fileName
atomically:NO
encoding:NSStringEncodingConversionAllowLossy
error:nil];
} //Method retrieves content from documents directory and
//displays it in an alert
-(void) displayContent{
//get the documents directory:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
//make a file name to write the data to using the documents directory:
NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/textfile.txt",
documentsDirectory];
NSString *content = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:fileName
usedEncoding:nil
error:nil];
NSLog(@"content: %@" , content) [content release];
} Source: http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/2009/06/reading-and-writing-text-files-in-iphone-os-3-0/
