No way to get file type alias from the shell?

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No way to get file type alias from the shell?
Authored by: klktrk on Mar 05, '05 05:59:25PM

Darn. I guess this hint tells me what I feared: Apparently there's no way to test a file to see if it's an alias from the shell if the Finder is not loaded. I'm looking for a way to test a file for being an aliases when in single user mode. I can test if a file is a link or not, but no way to see if it's an alias. Argh. It would be nice if there were something like get info for the shell. Like this:
getinfo filename

which would output everything HFS+ knows about the file in a parameter=value style listing.

Anyone know of such a tool?

No way to get file type alias from the shell?
Authored by: Anonymous on Mar 05, '05 09:11:29PM

Apple's developer tools includes a command line program called GetFileInfo. Its -a argument tells you if a file is an alias file or not.

/Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo -aA 'Some Alias File'

returns

if 'Some Alias File' identifies a file which is an alias file (and it'll return 0 otherwise).

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