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It is sometimes easy to forget that underlying software that makes the execution of iPad applications possible is an operating system much like that running on many other computers today. Given this fact, it should come as no surprise that iOS has a file system much like any other operating system that allows applications to store persistent data on behalf of the user. Much like other platforms, the iOS file system provides a directory based structure into which files can be created and organized.
The goal of this chapter is provide an overview of how to work with directories from within an iOS 4 iPad application. Topics covered include identifying the application’s document and temporary directories, finding the current working directory, creating, removing and renaming directories and obtaining listings of a directory’s content. Once the topic of directory management has been covered, we will move on to working with files in the chapter entitled [[Working with Files on the iPad with iOS 4(Xcode 4)|Working with Files on the iPad with iOS 4]].
== The Application Documents Directory ==
