Re: Creating an alias with a folder action script.
Re: Creating an alias with a folder action script.
- Subject: Re: Creating an alias with a folder action script.
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 15:34:52 -0600
At 13:12 -0700 10/1/05, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>So far as I can tell; it is not possible. By the time the folder action runs, the file is in the new folder, and the information about where it came from is gone.
If the user holds COMMAND and OPTION down at the time of the drag meaning not "move" but "make an alias to" you might have a chance.
Does creating an alias trigger a folder action?
Can one ask AppleScript to set a variable of type alias which is in fact the alis resource inside of a Finder alias file?
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Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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