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: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:14:19 +0530
I see that FSResolveAliasFile() fails when its cannot find target of
the alias with the error fnfErr. In case of a file with a .alias
extension which is not an alias file, could I use this error return
value ?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:49 PM, rohan a <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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