Re: /usr/lib/charset.alias file identified as Alias by FSIsAliasFile(), FSResolveAliasFile() fails to get the target
Re: /usr/lib/charset.alias file identified as Alias by FSIsAliasFile(), FSResolveAliasFile() fails to get the target
- Subject: Re: /usr/lib/charset.alias file identified as Alias by FSIsAliasFile(), FSResolveAliasFile() fails to get the target
- From: Juan Manuel Palacios <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:56:06 -0430
On Oct 20, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Eli Bach wrote:
On Oct 20, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Glenn Anderson wrote:
At 2:53 pm -0700 20/10/2009, Keith Stattenfield wrote:
We at Apple reserved ".alias" as an extension for aliases,
although at current we don't add this to newly created extensions
nor require it to be on them. However, in the future we may, and
in order for older system to read aliases created on these newer
systems FSIsAliasFile() will attempt to read alias data from such
files even if they don't have the isAlias bit set in Finder info.
Ha, good one, you almost had me there. If Apple had reserved
the .alias extension for alias files (as much as Apple can reserve
a file extension) then it would be there as a file extension for
kUTTypeAliasFile in the UTI APIs.
Glenn.
And they might not be using that extension on non-alias files... :-)
Eli
If I recall correctly, that file is installed by one of the gettext/
libiconv/m4 software packages, but I can't remember exactly which one
at the moment. In any case, I really don't think its naming is under
Apple's control.
- jmpp
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Darwin-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden