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Re: Apple Script to make an alias
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Re: Apple Script to make an alias


  • Subject: Re: Apple Script to make an alias
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:40:25 -0400


When I used this it created an alias, but said it was broken - unless I ran the script twice... Thanks... another nudge towards the answer.

Charles Profitt
Sr. Network Technician
District Technology Office





On 23 Apr 2008, at 18:01, email@hidden wrote:

> How would I make an alias to: /Volumes/<foldername> and place it on  
> the desktop?


tell application "Finder"
                make new alias file at desktop to POSIX file "/Volumes/StudentShare"
end tell


ln -s  /Volumes/StudentShare  ~/Desktop


HTH

has


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