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# setURL(_:for:)

Changes the location of the specified persistent store.

```
func setURL(_ url: URL, for store: NSPersistentStore) -> Bool
```

## Parameters

`url`

The new location for `store`.

`store`

A persistent store associated with the receiver.

## Return Value

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if the store was relocated, otherwise <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>.

## Discussion

For atomic stores, this method alters the location to which the next save operation will write the file; for non-atomic stores, invoking this method will relinquish the existing connection and create a new one at the specified URL. (For non-atomic stores, a store must already exist at the destination URL; a new store will not be created.)

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