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Enable 'cd' into directory aliases from the Terminal
I think an easy fix to this issue is to create the shotcut via the built-in shell application called ln.
Suppose I have a folder: Users -> John -> Documents -> School Files -> Archives -> stuff I want a shortcut in: Users -> John -> Shortcut File The desired behavior is to open a terminal, and cd into the link 'Shortcut File', taking me to 'stuff' without having to drill down through all the layers... You would type the following to create this shortcut (symbolic link):
You can open this folder just as you would in the finder. Infact, it shows up as a regular shortcut. The main advantage here is you can also enter this directory via the shell (either local, or SSH). I guess it just makes sense to me that if you need access to the folder via the shell, why not just create the shortcut through the shell?
Seems like a defect to be submitted via RADAR though. A shortcut should have non-ambiguous behavior.
Enable 'cd' into directory aliases from the Terminal
It might be worth trying SymbolicLinker 1.1v3 by Nick Zitzmann. It works in Tiger. The only issue is that the links it creates are to absolute paths, not relative. It hasn't been updated for two years, so I don't know what its status is.
Missing the point of this hint
The point of this hint is not to replace aliases with symbolic links. obviously you could just make a choice to never make aliases and always create symbolic links instead, in which case this hint would be moot. |
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