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    copied!<p>I am trying to remove a file from path using following code. But my application is crashing while removing file from the path.</p> <pre><code>- (void)saveEditedSavedFile:(NSString*)editedfile As:(NSString*)originalFile { [originalFile retain]; NSArray* dirPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); NSString* docsDir = [dirPaths objectAtIndex:0]; NSError* error = nil; NSString *editedFilePath=[docsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:editedfile]; NSFileManager* fileMngr = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; if([fileMngr fileExistsAtPath:originalFile]) { nslog(@"%@", originalFile); // nslog always prints the correct path even if it crashes.. [fileMngr removeItemAtPath:originalFile error:NULL]; } if ([fileMngr moveItemAtPath:editedFilePath toPath:originalFile error:&amp;error] != YES) { UIAlertView* alertView1 = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"Unable to Save File. Please Choose a Diffrent name." delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok" otherButtonTitles:nil]; [alertView1 show]; [alertView1 release]; } } </code></pre> <p>Here i am trying to replace an already existing file with a new file.(Moving a file operation) but it crashes at [fileMngr removeItemAtPath:originalFile error:NULL];</p> <p>I am getting a call stack like this ..</p> <pre><code>#0 0x99f1dc5a in __kill () #1 0x99f1dc4c in kill$UNIX2003 () #2 0x99fb05a5 in raise () #3 0x99fc66e4 in abort () #4 0x99fb4e78 in szone_error () #5 0x99fb4fb3 in free_list_checksum_botch () #6 0x99ec7a88 in small_free_list_remove_ptr () #7 0x99ec45cc in szone_free_definite_size () #8 0x99ec35e8 in free () #9 0x99ee8adb in fts_close$INODE64 () #10 0x99f31b57 in __removefile_tree_walker () #11 0x99f31999 in removefile () #12 0x0006ed01 in -[NSFilesystemItemRemoveOperation main] () #13 0x0005cbd2 in -[__NSOperationInternal start] () #14 0x0006eaa2 in -[NSFileManager removeItemAtPath:error:] () </code></pre> <p>can anyone let me know why my application is crashing? i checked that that path is coming as correct there.</p>
 

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