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"Old" symlinks? Aliases are so old they are rancid...
Authored by: tatilsever on Aug 12, '08 11:59:24AM

I also preferred to use symbolic links when I first switched to Mac, as I was already familiar with them from my UNIX or Linux experience. I don't know how exactly aliases work, but I noticed that aliases keep track of the destination, so for example if I move the destination folder, I don't have to manually update the symbolic link. That is a big advantage.



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"Old" symlinks? Aliases are so old they are rancid...
Authored by: osxpounder on Aug 14, '08 08:16:45PM

I like it when aliases work even after I've moved the destination folder, but it doesn't always happen, so I've gotten out of the habit of trusting it. I don't why it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.



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