Laurence Haynes wrote:
I'm trying to understand how to use the Mac::Files NewAlias
function. I have not found any code examples and I'm struggling.
The NewAlias function creates a filehandle. How do I create an
alias file from the alias filehandle?
I'm not surprised: Chris Nandor provided a nicely detailed run
through of this process some time back (Feb 2003, it seems). It is,
let's say, "pretty grotty", with more emphasis on the grotty than on
the pretty!
Have a look at
http://use.perl.org/~pudge/journal/10437
Just for fun I tried it out locally, and unfortunately it seems to
lack a certain something on my 10.4 machine: that being the "alias
bit", which isn't set on the newly created file. Flicking that on
(using, say, Path Finder) shows that the file does have the right
pointer to the original file, and the creator and type are being set
correctly, but isn't recognised/represented as an alias in the Finder.
Anyway, I hope this helps gets you pointed in a direction not
entirely opposite to where you need to be!
Cheers,
Paul
