delaney@xn.ll.mit.edu (John R. Delaney) (05/29/91)
I gather aliases can be used ALMOST everywhere. I believe that there are a few locations in the System Folder where they cannot be used. Could some kind soul with proper documentation tell me (and the rest of us ready to use Syste, 7.0) where we cannot or should not use aliases? Thanks in advance, John
raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) (05/30/91)
From article <1991May29.131714.10976@xn.ll.mit.edu>, by delaney@xn.ll.mit.edu (John R. Delaney): > I gather aliases can be used ALMOST everywhere. I believe that there are a > few locations in the System Folder where they cannot be used. Could some Well, I havn't been able to use aliases to inits yet. Annoying really as I have both systems installed and switch between them. Raymond -- Raymond Wilson. email: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz snail: c/- Computer Science Department, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) (05/30/91)
References:<1991May29.131714.10976@xn.ll.mit.edu> <1991May30.093952.925@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> In article <1991May30.093952.925@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) writes: > From article <1991May29.131714.10976@xn.ll.mit.edu>, by delaney@xn.ll.mit.edu (John R. Delaney): > > I gather aliases can be used ALMOST everywhere. I believe that there are a > > few locations in the System Folder where they cannot be used. Could some > > Well, I havn't been able to use aliases to inits yet. Annoying really as I have > both systems installed and switch between them. Aliases are interpreted by the Finder and by the Standard File dialogs. A few System 7-savvy apps can interpret aliases on their own (and more will follow). Other than that, it's no dice. This means they don't work for INITs (which are executed by the System before the Finder is launched), but they do work for Startup Items (which are opened by the Finder, as though you'd double-clicked them.) They also work nicely in the Apple Menu Folder, for the same reason. Non-System-7-savvy apps which try to open files without using Standard File (for example, preference files, dictionaries, help files) will not be able to access these files through aliases. So you can't keep preference files in your 6.0.x system folder, with aliases to them in the 7.0 Preferences folder. Hope this helps. ========================================================================== Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 rmh@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 3-PK | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."