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Re: Out of Control Aliases?
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Re: Out of Control Aliases?


  • Subject: Re: Out of Control Aliases?
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:14:22 +1000

On 05/10/2012, at 10:54 AM, Rick Gordon <email@hidden> wrote:

I actually prefer to use symbolic links whenever possible. I find them generally more reliable, and they're 4k.

Symbolic links are useful, but they have limitations that alias files don't -- they're totally dependent on path names not changing. For a lot of things people use aliases for, I reckon hard links are a better bet, but they too have their limitations (eg, with bundle docs). Horses for courses.


I just wish that Apple gave them a proper place in the UI.

FYI:

set theFile to choose file
set symPath to choose folder with prompt "choose symlink folder"
set hardPath to choose folder with prompt "choose hard link folder"
tell application id "au.com.myriad-com.ASObjC-Runner" -- ASObjC Runner.app
manage file theFile creating symlink in symPath
manage file theFile creating link in hardPath
end tell


-- 
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>

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References: 
 >Re: Out of Control Aliases? (From: Ron Hunsinger <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Out of Control Aliases? (From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Out of Control Aliases? (From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Out of Control Aliases? (From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Out of Control Aliases? (From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Out of Control Aliases? (From: Rick Gordon <email@hidden>)

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