Nice! Thanks for that! S On Jul 9, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
> And guess what? Aliases do work across volumes. So, providing that volume is > mounted, an alias can point to a file on an external drive or drive mounted > on a network volume. Cool. > > Slau > > On Jul 9, 2010, at 11:10 AM, clarence griffin wrote: > >> oh, ok. so its just like a short cut in windows. cool. >> thanks. >> >> GF >> >> >> On Jul 9, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Slau wrote: >> >>> Yes, aliases can be moved and they'll still work. Not sure, however, if >>> that applies across different volumes though. Won't have a chance to test >>> that until later. >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:12 AM, clarence griffin wrote: >>> >>>> if you move them, will they still open the files? >>>> >>>> GF >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:09 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- 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.
