NSFileManager
E770628
NSFileManager is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that provides an interface for managing and manipulating the file system, including files, directories, and related attributes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NSFileManager canonical | 2 |
| Foundation NSFileManager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9004021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSFileManager Context triple: [Foundation framework, includes, NSFileManager]
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A.
Filesystem
Filesystem is a Symfony component that provides convenient, object-oriented utilities for interacting with and manipulating the file system in PHP applications.
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B.
Macintosh Finder
Macintosh Finder is the graphical file management and desktop environment software for classic Mac OS, providing users with icons, windows, and menus to navigate and organize files.
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C.
Apple Filing Protocol
Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
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D.
Lisa File System
Lisa File System is the proprietary disk file system developed by Apple for its early Lisa computer, featuring a hierarchical directory structure and advanced metadata for its time.
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E.
HFS Plus
HFS Plus is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Apple for use in macOS and earlier Macintosh operating systems, succeeding the original HFS to support larger files and volumes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSFileManager Target entity description: NSFileManager is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that provides an interface for managing and manipulating the file system, including files, directories, and related attributes.
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A.
Filesystem
Filesystem is a Symfony component that provides convenient, object-oriented utilities for interacting with and manipulating the file system in PHP applications.
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B.
Macintosh Finder
Macintosh Finder is the graphical file management and desktop environment software for classic Mac OS, providing users with icons, windows, and menus to navigate and organize files.
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C.
Apple Filing Protocol
Apple Filing Protocol is a network protocol developed by Apple for file services and sharing on Macintosh and AppleTalk-based networks.
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D.
Lisa File System
Lisa File System is the proprietary disk file system developed by Apple for its early Lisa computer, featuring a hierarchical directory structure and advanced metadata for its time.
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E.
HFS Plus
HFS Plus is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Apple for use in macOS and earlier Macintosh operating systems, succeeding the original HFS to support larger files and volumes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Foundation framework class
ⓘ
Objective-C class ⓘ |
| availableInLanguage | Swift ⓘ |
| conformsTo | NSObject ⓘ |
| definedInFramework | Foundation ⓘ |
| designPattern | singleton-like ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| headerFile | NSFileManager.h ⓘ |
| introducedIn | NeXTSTEP era APIs ⓘ |
| locatedInModule |
Foundation.framework
ⓘ
linked to:
Foundation framework
|
| primaryLanguage | Objective-C ⓘ |
| providesMethod |
URLForDirectory:inDomain:appropriateForURL:create:error:
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URLsForDirectory:inDomains: ⓘ attributesOfItemAtPath:error: ⓘ contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:error: ⓘ contentsOfDirectoryAtURL:includingPropertiesForKeys:options:error: ⓘ copyItemAtPath:toPath:error: ⓘ copyItemAtURL:toURL:error: ⓘ createDirectoryAtPath:withIntermediateDirectories:attributes:error: ⓘ createDirectoryAtURL:withIntermediateDirectories:attributes:error: ⓘ createFileAtPath:contents:attributes: ⓘ defaultManager ⓘ enumeratorAtPath: ⓘ enumeratorAtURL:includingPropertiesForKeys:options:errorHandler: ⓘ evictUbiquitousItemAtURL:error: ⓘ fileExistsAtPath: ⓘ fileExistsAtPath:isDirectory: ⓘ fileSystemAttributesAtPath: ⓘ isDeletableFileAtPath: ⓘ isExecutableFileAtPath: ⓘ isReadableFileAtPath: ⓘ isWritableFileAtPath: ⓘ mountedVolumeURLsIncludingResourceValuesForKeys:options: ⓘ moveItemAtPath:toPath:error: ⓘ moveItemAtURL:toURL:error: ⓘ removeItemAtPath:error: ⓘ removeItemAtURL:error: ⓘ replaceItemAtURL:withItemAtURL:backupItemName:options:resultingItemURL:error: ⓘ setAttributes:ofItemAtPath:error: ⓘ setUbiquitous:itemAtURL:destinationURL:error: ⓘ startDownloadingUbiquitousItemAtURL:error: ⓘ trashItemAtURL:resultingItemURL:error: ⓘ |
| runsOn |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| supports |
directory creation
ⓘ
directory enumeration ⓘ file attribute management ⓘ file copying ⓘ file creation ⓘ file deletion ⓘ file moving ⓘ hard links ⓘ iCloud ubiquitous items ⓘ symbolic links ⓘ |
| threadSafety | defaultManager is not fully thread-safe for mutation ⓘ |
| usedFor | file system management in Cocoa and Cocoa Touch applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NSFileManager Description of subject: NSFileManager is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that provides an interface for managing and manipulating the file system, including files, directories, and related attributes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NSFileManager