Creating a directory at /Users/Shared/ - using Swift - swift

Question

I am using the following code to create a directory in /Users/Shared/ to share data of my application between all users. When i run the code gotthe below output.
2019-03-08 19:41:41.751418+0530 MyApp[7224:488397] Couldn't create document directory
2019-03-08 19:41:41.754026+0530 MyApp[7224:488397] Document directory is file:///Users/Appname
let fileManager = FileManager.default
if let tDocumentDirectory = fileManager.urls(for: .userDirectory, in: .localDomainMask).first {
let filePath = tDocumentDirectory.appendingPathComponent("Appname")
if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: filePath.path) {
do {
try fileManager.createDirectory(atPath: filePath.path, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
} catch {
NSLog("Couldn't create document directory")
}
}
NSLog("Document directory is \(filePath)")
}
I don't why this error occured. How this can be done?

Answer 1

Please read the log messages carefully.
You are trying to create the folder file:///Users/Appname which is not in /Users/Shared. You have to append "Shared/Appname".
And you are encouraged to use the URL related API of FileManager (and less confusing variable names 😉)
let fileManager = FileManager.default
let userDirectory = try! fileManager.url (for: .userDirectory, in: .localDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: false)
let folderURL = userDirectory.appendingPathComponent("Shared/Appname")
if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: folderURL.path) {
do {
try fileManager.createDirectory(at: folderURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
} catch {
print("Couldn't create document directory", error)
}
}
print("Document directory is \(folderURL)")