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# ProgressKind

An object that represents the kind of progress.

```
struct ProgressKind
```

## Discussion

When tracking file operations with the progress [`kind`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/kind) set to [`file`](/documentation/Foundation/ProgressKind/file), provide a value for the [`fileOperationKindKey`](/documentation/Foundation/ProgressUserInfoKey/fileOperationKindKey) in the user info dictionary.

To specify the kind of file operation, provide one of the following values:

- [`copying`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/FileOperationKind-swift.struct/copying)
- [`decompressingAfterDownloading`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/FileOperationKind-swift.struct/decompressingAfterDownloading)
- [`downloading`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/FileOperationKind-swift.struct/downloading)
- [`uploading`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/FileOperationKind-swift.struct/uploading)
- [`receiving`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/FileOperationKind-swift.struct/receiving)

## Topics

### Creating Kinds of Progress

[`init(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/ProgressKind/init(_:))

Creates a new kind of progress using the specified string.

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/ProgressKind/init(rawValue:))

Creates a new kind of progress using the raw value of a string you specify.

### Recognizing Kinds of Progress

[`file`](/documentation/Foundation/ProgressKind/file)

The value that indicates that the progress is tracking a file operation.


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