On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:21:17 -0400, Hubert Holin wrote (in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
> Somewhere in the E.U., le 21/06/2005 > > Bonjour > > For my first Python steps on the Mac, I am trying to find > information on all broken aliases in a folder hierarchy (i.e. aliases > which were created thru the Finder and which no longer reference an > existing file or folder). While I am able to find the aliases which > are broken, I would like to go a step further, and indicate *what* > the alias thinks it is referencing (the "original" item in the Finder > info), and I am encountering some problem. > > It would seem that the best function to get that information is > thru the FSFollowFinderAlias function of the Alias Manager, but > unfortunately the only version which is wrapped is a member of the > Alias class, which I have not found a way to use, as all I have is an > instance of FSRef. > > Likewise, the Alias Manager functions FSMatchAlias and > FSMatchAliasNoUI seem not to be wrapped. > > What can I do, short of writing a C++ extension? > > Merci > > Hubert Holin > > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > Here is a snippet from one of my utilities that might help. # deal with directory item relative to type if os.path.islink(dlfpath): # directory item a symbolic link, generate row of cells csvline = _cellpos(dlfpath, alvl, blvl, clvl) # identify as link with path lptr = '#Sym Link > ' + os.readlink(dlfpath) csvline = csvline + '"' + lptr + '"' elif FSResolveAliasFile(dlfpath, 1)[2]: # directory item an Aqua alias, generate row of cells csvline = _cellpos(dlfpath, alvl, blvl, clvl) # identify as alias with target lptr = '#Alias > ' + FSResolveAliasFile(dlfpath, 1)[0].as_pathname() csvline = csvline + '"' + lptr + '"' Lee C _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
