Re: Finder "duplicate" requirements
Re: Finder "duplicate" requirements
- Subject: Re: Finder "duplicate" requirements
- From: Jean-Christophe Helary <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:34:25 +0900
Chris,
Thank you *SO* much for this detailed answer.
And I really think we should have an Applescript wiki because reading through mailing lists and forums is really not the best way to access information :)
Jean-Christophe
> On Jun 28, 2015, at 16:55, Christopher Stone <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Jun 27, 2015, at 09:38, Jean-Christophe Helary <email@hidden> wrote:
>> I've been struggling all day with a "duplicate file" command that would work in some context and not in others.
>>
>> It took me a search on the net to eventually realise that duplicate "preferred" aliases to posix files.
>>
>> But I could not find anything in the Finder dictionary that indicated that.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Hey Jean-Christophe,
>
> The MacOS long predates its transformation to Unix, and Unix paths are not universally supported.
>
> Rule-of-the-thumb — NEVER use Posix paths or Posix Files in the Finder.
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