For the traditional method if you can't find a module or common method
just use the quote below the tilde, ie `ln -s /path/to/my/interest /
path/to/my/alias`, note if this will run in a cron, you will have to
give the full path ot ln, just do a "whereis ln" command (mine and
yours should be in /bin.
Dave
On Dec 8, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Chris Devers wrote:
On Dec 8, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Celeste Suliin Burris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Use a symbolic link instead. Perl handles those natively, and they
can be
accessed from the command line. The Finder just treats them the
same as
aliases.
Not quite. I forget the details at the moment, but Finder aliases
are kind of like "firm links": while hardlinks point to inodes, and
softlinks point to file pathnames, aliases point to the logical file
in a more robust way than symlinks. For example, if the reverent
file moves, symlinks break, but aliases shouldn't.
If you really want aliases, I think the CPAN modules of Dan Kogai
and Chris Nandor are the place to start. I forget who wrote what,
but modules like (I think) MacOS::File and Mac::Glue can either make
the right calls directly, or leverage Applescript / OSAscript to do
this for you.
Or if symlinks/softlinks are enough, just use the traditional Perl /
Unix methods to make those.
--
Chris Devers
