I was gong to say think of a .lnk fole in windows or a shortcut. If you remov he file from your hd remember to remove the shortcut.
Take care. S On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Slau wrote: > An alias is simply a small file that points to another file. Much like > shortcuts to files on a Windows desktop, they can be used to point to other > documents or applications. Opening an alias opens the file it points to > elsewhere in the file system. > > HTH, > > Slau > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 8:34 PM, joseph wrote: > >> hi list members, >> >> what is an alias in mack and what does it do? >> >> thanks for the info. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
