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HFS alias resolution

Is there a clean way to detect and follow(or not) aliases in C? I've noticed stat and lstat appear to return a regular file with 0 st_size with > 0 st_blocks, but with a unique inode. I have not been able to find any other system functions that would return this information. I tried the FileManager "fileAttributesAtPath: traverseLink:" method, but this appears to return the same information as stat/lstat, and I would prefer to stay with as much standard UNIX C file I/O as possible. I've also been unable to find clear documentation on specifics of how aliases are implemented other than overviews such as "aliases have a similar purpose, but are different from symbolic links..." I'm sure there are hundreds of developers out there that have had to figure this out already.

Thanks,
Dave
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