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- From: armand@comm.mot.com (Arman Dolikian)
- Subject: Aliases--- Getting to the source
- Organization: Motorola LMPS STC
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:23:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <armand-280892221058@stc201.comm.mot.com>
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- There's got to be a better way!!! (I hope)....
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- I have a set of files that I regularly copy onto a floppy disk to
- shuttle between home and work. The files are rightfully stored in
- different directories on my disk. I had the bright idea that I could
- keep a folder of aliases so I could speed up the daily find and copy
- process. Only problem is, copying the folder only copies the _aliases_,
- not the files themselves. I guess this is the "logical" thing to
- expect, but...
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- What I _really_ want is a way to tell the finder to copy the object the
- alias points to, not just the alias.
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- {Right now, I manually go to each alias, do a Get Info, click on
- "Find Original", then drag the resultant file.... but this is very
- tedious, and makes me wish there was a command shell on the Mac!!}
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- Now that I've explained what I want to do, and why I want to do it,
- does anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish this feat?
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