Re: Fwd: Mac OS Alias file links

[Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>]

Ken Mankoff writes:
> Aliases are a type of links ("ln" on linux, "shortcut" on Windows
> "alias" on OS X (OS X of course also supports "ln")). The difference
> between an OS X alias and "ln" is that if the target is moved, the OS X
> alias still points to it, and double-clicking on an alias (or issuing
> the "open" command in a terminal) will open the target, wherever it
> is.

If I understand correctly, this only works through Finder and not from a
shell and POSIX file access functions.  Whether or not Emacs could use
aliases therefore depends on what interface it is using to access files
on MacOS (I have no idea).

> I just checked in a VM and Windows Shortcuts also behave this way.

No, they don't.  Explorer does find the file if you move it into a
subfolder and will ask you to tell it where it went if it doesn't find
it, but any direct access through that shortcut will fail as if the file
didn't exist.  Also, WIndows shortcuts and Windows links are two totally
different things and links don't follow moving targets either.


Regards,
Achim.
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