[Mithras]

Hey everyone,

Does anyone know of
(1) a simple C program
(2) Perl or another scripting language

with which one can resolve a Mac alias from the command line?

(calling osascript doesn't count, since the Finder may or may not be running...)

Any ideas?

[Wevah]

Hmm...one could write a simple command-line app in Obj-C that used the Carbon alias-resolving methods and then echo'd the resolved path to stdout...

Edit: wouldn't have to be Obj-C, either...It's just what popped into my head. :F

[VEGAN]

Originally posted by Mithras:
Hey everyone,

Does anyone know of
(1) a simple C program
(2) Perl or another scripting language

with which one can resolve a Mac alias from the command line?

(calling osascript doesn't count, since the Finder may or may not be running...)

Any ideas?

Mind my ignorance, but what has osascript to do with Finder?

[Wevah]

Originally posted by VEGAN:
Mind my ignorance, but what has osascript to do with Finder?

I think it might be because you have to ask the Finder what the alias's resolved path is if you use osascript (but I could be mistaken).