Hi
I am a super newbie with exiftool and files.I am trying to write a small utility to clean up some files on my Mac. I know I can use some external tool to solve my problem, but I want to attempt to write my own small custom tool.
I am trying to write a small code in Swift, on Mac to parse my video files and check what's the original creation date. Here is my swift code:
import Cocoa
var filePath = "some movie file"
let fileManager = FileManager.default
if let attributes = try? fileManager.attributesOfItem(atPath: filePath) {
for (_,value) in attributes.enumerated() {
print("\(value.key.rawValue) = \(value.value)")
}
}
Here is what I am getting
NSFileType = NSFileTypeRegular
NSFileCreationDate = 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
NSFileHFSCreatorCode = 0
NSFileExtensionHidden = 0
NSFilePosixPermissions = 493
NSFileModificationDate = 2007-04-17 19:51:06 +0000
NSFileSystemFileNumber = 5885740
NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID = 20
NSFileGroupOwnerAccountName = staff
NSFileOwnerAccountID = 502
NSFileReferenceCount = 1
NSFileExtendedAttributes = {
"com.apple.quarantine" = <30303832 3b353938 66376461 623b5068 6f746f73 3b>;
}
NSFileSize = 72081686
NSFileHFSTypeCode = 0
NSFileOwnerAccountName = TestUser
NSFileSystemNumber = 16777220
exiftool gives me lot more details. Can someone suggest me how I can get those details by writing code in Swift?
I don't think I understand your question, but are you really asking how to write a Swift program that gives you all file details exiftool gives you? So basically how to rewrite exiftool in Swift? While doable, it's a job of months if not longer... And to be able to have all flexibility is even harder as Perl allows a lot of things easily that are very hard in other languages (like Swift).
Quote from: Anuj on June 14, 2019, 11:27:30 PM
I am trying to write a small code in Swift, on Mac to parse my video files
The code you wrote isn't parsing the file. It is just getting the Finder attributes for a file. You have to actually parse the file to get the information that ExifTool returns.
- Phil