Re: Mac OS alias from Perl

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