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# CFURLEnumeratorOptions

Options for controlling enumerator behavior.

```
struct CFURLEnumeratorOptions
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`kCFURLEnumeratorDefaultBehavior`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/kCFURLEnumeratorDefaultBehavior)

The enumerator performs its default behavior.

[`descendRecursively`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/descendRecursively)

The enumerator recurses into each subdirectory enumerated.

[`skipInvisibles`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/skipInvisibles)

The enumerator skips “hidden” or “invisible” objects.

[`generateFileReferenceURLs`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/generateFileReferenceURLs)

The enumerator generates file reference URLs instead of file path URLs.

[`skipPackageContents`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/skipPackageContents)

The enumerator skips package directory contents.

[`includeDirectoriesPreOrder`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/includeDirectoriesPreOrder)

If provided along with the [`descendRecursively`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/descendRecursively) option, the recursive enumerator returns a directory’s URL before returning the URLs of the directory’s descendents.

[`includeDirectoriesPostOrder`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/includeDirectoriesPostOrder)

If provided along with the [`descendRecursively`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFURLEnumeratorOptions/descendRecursively) option, the recursive enumerator returns a directory’s URL after returning the URLs of the directory’s descendents.


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