Manually Edit An Alias Original File Path?

How do I edit the original path that an alias uses?
I have created an alias to a network volume, but the patch that the alias is using is by share name (/Volumes/Share Name) whereas I want it to use the ip (/192.168.2.5/folder).
However, I can't figure out how to manually edit the alias path. Once upon a time the "Select new original" dialoge box had a "Go to:" line where you could manually enter a path but in 10.4 it is gone).
Any help would be much appreciated.
Message was edited by: Cobber 99

Well, you could do a couple of things. You could place the .afplocs files somewhere in the hard drive (e.g.: /Documents/afploc_folder) and then place aliases to those .afplocs in the doc (just drag them to the Dock from the Finder). You can even assign them custom names and icons through Get Info.
Another option would be save the .afploc file, and then select the original alias you wanted to modify, and assign it the .afploc as new original through Get Info.
Both these methods provide you with a clickable dock icon, that will connect to the volume.
I vaguely remember about a BSD command called mkalias that creatd aliases from the command line rather than from the Finder, but have no details on that. Maybe you should do a little research about it.
Good Luck.

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