File Path Tracking

[Markus Hitter]

Am 15.10.2007 um 21:17 schrieb Uli Kusterer:

> Am 15.10.2007 um 21:10 schrieb Daniel Hazelbaker:
>> I have a program that keeps track of files by using the Unix Path  
>> to the file (as that is what is used to open and work with the  
>> files when the time comes).
>
> Check out Aliases, which can be used for this and are reliable.

Aliases don't work if you access the same file at the same path while  
one of the accesses is local while the other is remote, like:

Machine 1:

/Users/me/MyFile

Machine 2:

mount_afp machine1:/Users /Users
/Users/me/MyFile

An Alias created on machine 2 will hang on machine 1.


I'm not aware of a reliable solution other than mounting shares at a  
fixed local path, e.g. by an entry in /etc/fstab.


Markus

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