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Why isn't this the default?
my understanding is that the unix 'ln -s' is a link that is pretty much file system independent, but the MacOS 'alias' is a feature of the hfs+ filesystem, I'm guessing somewhat more akin to just using 'ln'. This isn't an excuse for why it doesn't work, but this is the way I understand it.. If I am incorrect someone please point out my err and I am curious to understand this anomaly.
Why isn't this the default?
An easy difference I can actually see from a shortcut to a ln -s would be that with a shortcut if you change the traget's icon the shortcut's will get updated to!
Why isn't this the default?
An alias behaves both like a soft and hard link. First it checks the location where the original should be, and if it's not found, it looks for the item using it's unique number (inode is it?). |
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