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: rohan a <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:49:09 +0530
My aim here is to know when I backup what the alias file points to and
then backup the alias file along with the name of the file it points
to.
Just like a symbolic link, where we need to know what it points to.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Keith Stattenfield
<email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:04 PM, rohan a wrote:
>
>> This looks good.
>>
>> However, with a backup application, I would typically be using
>> FSIsAliasFile() to identify an alias and then use FSResolveAliasFile()
>> to resolve it. However,here the FSResolveAlias() file would fail
>> causing issues. Need to deal separately with these cases
>
> In general, you'd backup the contents of the alias file, not what it points
> to, because there's no guarantee that you can resolve the alias -- it might
> be to an item on a file server that isn't accessible, or to an un-mounted
> local disk, or to an item that you'd need a password from the user to
> resolve, or even be an alias to an item which has been deleted.
>
> -Keith
>
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