Create alias from CDROM to desktop?

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Fri May 7 15:09:28 EDT 2004


> > > Is there a reason you can't use the create alias command in Rev?
> >
> >Yes, unfortunately there's a bug in Bugzilla (#1059) about the 
> >inability to make aliases to apps in OS X because they are 
> "folders", 
> >and 'create alias' only works with files.
> 
> I do not know about OS X, but on Windows it works ...

Very interesting! An undocumented feature! Although 'create alias' should
really be extended to use "folder" instead of "file" in this instance, and
it should be made to work in OS X, but very good to know.

Thanks!

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/




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