On 2/21/07 19:49, "Dave Pooser" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> 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.
if you're moving an alias from machine a to machine b, it's going to break.
That's expected behavior.
If you want to make aliases on a remote machine, try looking into
AppleScript, specifically, "make alias file" within the Finder.
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
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