Re: Creating alias programatically
Re: Creating alias programatically
- Subject: Re: Creating alias programatically
- From: chaitanya pandit <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:18:22 +0530
I tried using:
OSErr FSNewAliasFromPath ( const char *fromFilePath, const char
*targetPath, OptionBits flags, AliasHandle *inAlias, Boolean
*isDirectory );
But i don't quite get how should i use the fromFilePath parameter,
say i want to create an alias for "Users/me/Documents/foo" at "Users/
me/Desktop/foo"
should i pass the first path as "fromFilePath"?
I appreciate your help.
Chaitanya
On 24-Sep-08, at 2:09 AM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:
On Sep 23, 2008, at 2:32 PM, chaitanya pandit wrote:
I tried using symbolic link, but if the target file is moved, the
link fails, just curious to know of any reasons i should avoid
creating aliases?
What i need is the link should work even if the target is moved.
Because aliases are only resolved by some Carbon and AppKit methods.
Foundation, CoreFoundation, and C library functions like fopen()
won't resolve aliases, but will resolve symbolic links. If this is
important to you, then you should use symbolic links instead of
aliases. If not, then go ahead and use aliases.
Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>
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