Re: symlinks
Re: symlinks
- Subject: Re: symlinks
- From: Emmanuel LEVY <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:16:28 +0200
Luther,
I've setup an example : I have an AFP-shared disk Library in /
Volumes/. There is a folder _maj on it. I've made a symlink to /
Volumes/Library/_maj on my Desktop.
I've named the symlink "fred".
--
set f to "Macintosh HD:Users:emmanuel:Desktop:fred:"
--
This works for me :
--
set a to f as alias
--> alias "Library:_maj:"
--
Note at this point that a is a very relevant object, but its
transcription into text is removing some vital information. How shall
I know if this is in /Network or in /Volumes?
Also, this works :
--
read file f
--> "../../../Volumes/Library/_maj/"
--
What may sometimes not work is this:
--
set a to (f as alias)
set actualfolder to (a as text)
set somepath to actualfolder & "some:path:to:some:item"
(for instance:) read alias somepath
--
because actualfolder will always say "Library" whereas it may
sometimes be "Library-1", "Library-2" or actually whatever name
provided by whatever mounted the disk.
Maybe this is what happened, otherwise I don't see what's wrong with
your script.
The solution for this particular problem is to never use hfs textual
paths, only posix paths (or urls if you like percent signs). Which
gives:
--
set f to "/Users/emmanuel/Desktop/fred/"
set actualfolder to posix path of (f as alias) -- may be /Volumes/
Library-1/etc
set somepath to actualfolder & "some/path/to/some/item"
read posix file somepath
--
Emmanuel
On Aug 12, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Luther Fuller wrote:
How does the system and applications use symlinks to relocate items
that usually appear in the user's home folder?
For example:
Safari stores files, such as bookmarks, in the folder ~/Library/
Safari/
This folder can be moved to another location, perhaps an external
disk, and replaced by a symlink file which points to the new
location. (At least I have encountered information indication that
this can be done. I haven't experimented, yet.)
For the past couple of weeks, I have looked for documentation on
this and have found nothing.
If my script discovers that ~/Library/Safari/ exists, but is a
symlink instead of a folder, how does AppleScript identify the
"original item" of the symlink. Are there any rules for naming the
symlink file?
I know of one user of my software who has replaced ~/Library/Mail/
with a symlink.
My script ...
((path to library folder from user domain) as text) &
"Mail:Mailboxes:"
tell application "Finder"
try
set mailPath to the result as alias
on error
error "Unable to find your ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ folder. Have
you installed Mail?"
end try
errors when it encounters the symlink.
Does anyone know of any documentation on the use of symlinks this way?
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list (applescript-
email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users
This email sent to email@hidden
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users
This email sent to email@hidden
| References: | |
| | >symlinks (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>) |