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Re: Alias Files
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Re: Alias Files


  • Subject: Re: Alias Files
  • From: John Baltutis <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:28:33 -0700

On 09/13/07, I wrote:
> On 09/12/07, Doug McNutt <email@hidden> wrote:
>> At 12:21 -0500 9/12/07, Luther Fuller wrote:
>>>I ran into a problem late yesterday. I'll spare you all the gory  details and
>>>offer this problem instead
>>>
>>>	A folder contains two files exactly, one of the files is an alias file
>>>	pointing to the other file. Write a script that will remove ONLY
>>>	the alias file from this folder.
>>
>> But watch for suppressed extensions as practised by Finder.  Even if you have
>>Finder set to display extensions it NEVER displays a .app extension.
>
> Really? When I open a Finder window (Finder->Preferences->Advanced->Show all
> file extentions enabled), it displays: Calculator.app, Chess.app, DVD
> Player.app, Dashboard.app, Dictionary.app, etc.

Sorry for the confusion my reply might have caused anyone. The above example
was supposed to show what one gets when opening the /Applications folder with
that pref option enabled.
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