alias to OS X app?

[Ken Ray]

On 2/23/06 3:24 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

> Apparently the "create alias" command can only be used on files, not
> folder.
> 
> So how does one create an alias to a .app bundle?

You can use AppleScript:

tell app "Finder"
  set tFile to <pathToApp>
  make new alias file at <pathToFolderHoldingAlias> to tFile
  set the name of (the result) to <shortcutName>
end tell

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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