Apple

set selfRef to (path to me)

tell application "Finder"

set locContainer to (container of selfRef) as alias

set invisPath to (locContainer as text) & ".invisibleFolder:Untitled.rtf"

end tell

try

tell application "Finder"

set aliasFileAlias to invisPath as alias

(original item of aliasFileAlias) as alias -- THIS WORKS

end tell

on error

display dialog "Error"

end try

On Oct 13, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Luther Fuller wrote:

The Finder cannot do this ...

set orgItem to (original item of aliasFileAlias) -- ERRORS HERE

and System Events doesn't know about 'alias file' or 'original item', so is no help.
I looked at the 'GetFileInfo' man page, but that's no help either.

Anyone know how to get the original item of an invisible alias file?

Without making it visible! Which, I suppose, will be the work-around.

References:
	>Invisibles (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Invisibles (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)