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Re: check alias


  • Subject: Re: check alias
  • From: Rounak Jain <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:33:01 +0530


On Sep 29, 2009, at 10:13 PM, Christopher Stone wrote:

On Sep 29, 2009, at 05:21, Rounak Jain wrote:

I want an alternative way to check alias (but not using Finder)
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Hey Rounak,

Why in particular are you avoiding the Finder (just curious) - both here and in your file-moving script.

For many years I've used alias-checking to determine if a file exists, because is it much faster than using the Finder.


Hi Christopher,
Thanks for the reply.
No, I am not concerned much about speed. Basically, I always try to avoid Finder because it is extremely unreliable when it is asked to process large number of items. I have found it using lots of CPU resources and still not performing even simple tasks. Even while renaming files/folders it takes more time than shell script's mv command.
But I am a newbie, after all. If you are sure, I must use Finder to determine whether file exists, I will do it. Otherwise, the script you just showed in the previous post (which uses flags) might also work for me. 
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