May be this is useful to you.
//Method writes a string to a text file
-(void) writeToTextFile{
//get the documents directory:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
//make a file name to write the data to using the documents directory:
NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/textfile.txt",
documentsDirectory];
//create content - four lines of text
NSString *content = @"One\nTwo\nThree\nFour\nFive";
//save content to the documents directory
[content writeToFile:fileName
atomically:NO
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
error:nil];
}
//Method retrieves content from documents directory and
//displays it in an alert
-(void) displayContent{
//get the documents directory:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
//make a file name to write the data to using the documents directory:
NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/textfile.txt",
documentsDirectory];
NSString *content = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:fileName
usedEncoding:nil
error:nil];
//use simple alert from my library (see previous post for details)
[ASFunctions alert:content];
[content release];
}