On Jan 24, 2012, at 10:50 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: > On Jan 24, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Zajkowski, James wrote: > >> I'm looking for a way to construct an alias file (a bookmark file) with a >> specific but unmounted file server location. That is, I want to put an icon >> on user's desktops that says "Network Space" and have it resolve to >> afp://ser.ver.add.ress/mount/username. > > If I drag the above URL out of Mail and to the Finder, the Finder creates a > .afploc file (like it would create a .webloc if I drag a web URL). That > .afploc file has a very straightforward format. It's just a plist dictionary > with a single key, "URL", with a string value which is the URL. > > You could create one of those. Would that be sufficient?
Well that does work, and it may have to be the interim solution. The advantage of a true alias is that file dialogs will mount the server when the alias is clicked on, but they don't won't see the afploc files as a navigable thing. --Jim _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
