> 10.3.9 clients w/ARD2.2 10.4.8 admin w/ard2.2
>
> I am trying to move a file named "CAL alias" from a folder named
> "AlaskaAssessments" in the Applications folder to the same file name in a
> folder named "Big Ten" in the Shared folder a couple hundred times.
>
> I have tried the ARD "copy items" function to move an alias out to machines to
> no avail. The item that is copied is not the file I selected. Is moved as
> CAL.app not as alias. I am concluding that "copy items" won't work on an
> alias but acts on what the alias is pointed at.
> Please advise.
>
> I have tried mv also
> mv /Applications/AlaskaAssessment/"CAL alias"
> /users/shared/"Big Ten"/"Cal alias" gives me a failed message
>
> cp /Applications/AlaskaAssessment/"CAL alias"
> /users/shared/"Big Ten"/"Cal alias"
> result is file or directory does not exist.
Remember that pre-Tiger the mv and cp commands didn't handle multi-forked
files, and an alias is essentially purely a resource fork (though it has a
0-byte data fork as well). I don't have a Panther system in front of me, but
I would expect that the MvMac or CpMac commands from the 10.3.x Developer
Tools might work for you instead.
--
Dave Pooser, ACSA
Manager of Information Services
Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com
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