How do I save files to $(PROJECT_DIR) from objective-c code?

Question

I have code which generates resources which I want to save in a subdirectory of my $(PROJECT_DIR). How do I get the real path from this environment variable in code?

Answer 1

open the projects build settings and add SAVEPATH=@\"$(PROJECT_DIR)\" to the preprocessor macros.
Then you can get the project directory like this:

NSString *projectDir = SAVEPATH;

Answer 2

I'm not sure if Xcode 3.2.6 has changed the way that () are used with environment variables, but I've found that using the following pre-processor macro works for me (@fluchtpunkt's answer gives me a compiler error):

PROJECT_DIR=@\""$PROJECT_DIR"\"

Then I can do:

NSString *savePath = [PROJECT_DIR stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Save Folder"];