On Nov 14, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:

>
>
> Infamous is clearly the correct phrase.  I'm sure the folks working
> on the bug report have no real idea that Finder doesn't allow you to
> just select the log file and attach it.
>
> If you need access via Finder you can create a symbolic link to the
> /var, /etc, /tmp, and others and put the links on the root, /,
> Finder will then let you in because it treats the links the same as
> it would an alias.
>
> ln   -s   /private/etc   /_etc
> ln   -s   /private/var   /_var
>
> for instance. The underline can be pretty much anything but it can't
> be a dot or a slash.

OS X has ALWAYS, since the 10.0 beta, had symlinks to the 'normal'  
unix directory structure at the root of the drive, /tmp, /var, /etc...

They're also hidden from the Finder, but if you follow my directions  
on a stock OS X system you WILL get the correct results.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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