File Path Tracking

[Markus Hitter]

Am 16.10.2007 um 01:26 schrieb Daniel Hazelbaker:

> As I understand you, this scenario would work since all are network  
> instead of local.  If I try to mix local / network then I will run  
> into issues.

Right.

> Is there a way I can store the "alias data" (i.e. see  
> com.apple.recentitems.plist) and then have the alias "system"  
> translate the alias back into a regular unix path which I can open?

Like Uli mentioned, the Alias mechanism should include such  
functionality already. I'm not sure, since I've never used Aliases  
programmatically.

> In this recent items example all it stores is the alias data, so it  
> seems like if two people have an alias to the same file, one local  
> another via network, and they try to open the same file from the  
> alias in their recent list they would come up with some kind of  
> hanged state, but I have never heard of that happening?

Probably, because Apple recommends to work either all local or all  
network. The kind of setup to put a few Homes on each of the  
participating computers while mounting them remotely on the other  
machines is often seen in Unix-only networks but very rarely with Mac  
OS X.


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