Alias in C folder

Dear Gurus,
Please tell me what is function of alias in c folder.
how it can be use?
Ravindra

Functionality understood

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Message was edited by: Brutalbrutus

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            6   green
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end _main
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* Note that folder action can be very slow to be triggered.
Regards,
H

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Hello.
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I suggest you post the output from EtreCheck and let the forum analyze it.
<https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6174>
I suspect something more serious is going on. Adware perhaps.
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You just double clicking on an Alias, that takes you back up the directory tree, is not an automated process, so you can most likely do that all day long, until you get tired of playing that game.
An applications program that decides to walk a directory tree by opening one directory at a time and not keep track of its history, nor notice that it opened an Alias or symlink is an application program that has a bug in it. There are not many programs that actually do this, and the few that do, have already discovered they need to either NOT follow an Alias or symlink, or know enough to maintain state information that tells them when they have a loop.

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Hi,
I have a folder that is housed on my computer that I would like an alias of on my company's shared network drive. I will have access to the shared network drive from my home computer either through Citrix or a VPN, so I would like the alias on that drive so that it will reflect any changes I make to the files within either from my work or from my home computer. My question therefore is, how do I create an alias of a folder on a shared network drive? I tried creating an alias on my local drive and then dragging it to the shared network drive, but that just copied the folder and removed the alias.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Nevermind. I must have copied over the original folder the first time instead of the alias, as a simple drag and drop of an alias folder just worked fine for me.

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I have a folder called Documents in Finder's sidebar... and also one under my name (home)... they match up pretty well, but there is one folder in my home>documents file that I cannot get to drop into the Documents file in my sidebar. Why is this? I've made an Alias of the folder and dropped it to my Desktop and then tried dragging it into the Documents folder, but that didn't work either.
On more thing... my Documents file in the dock SHOWS this folder. It even shows the alias. I click "open in finder" but STILL, neither folder appears.
Message was edited by: Brad Baxter

Uh, that's what I'm saying... it should contain the same stuff (because it is an alias), but it doesn't.

How can I make iTunes accept an alias as a movies folder?

I love how iTunes organises my media files. But I need to keep my movie purchases on a different, external HD with USB 3.0.
Creating an alias of the folder "Movies" I've copied to the HD and moving the alias back on place into the user's local Library ends in disaster. All movies that have been in the folder before moving it to the new HD are still playable.
All newly purchased movies are downloaded out of the "Movies" folder at top level directory instead on the external HD. I can copy them to the external HD aliased "Movies" folder, but they won't appear in iTunes after dragging the files onto the iTunes window. I get an error message that says, the appopriate folder is missing. What can I do to make iTunes accept the aliased "Movies"-Folder as default for purchased movies?

iTunes is very good, and has been for years, at totally ignoring alises and symbolic links, particularly when another drive is involved. If you want to keep movies on a separate drive you will have to take a humbler approach and drag them to the external drive, then add them from there (hold down the option/alt key while adding to iTunes so iTunes doesn't copy them back to your main drive). Maybe some day in the distant future the programmers of iTunes will realize many users have to use external drives since the ones supplied with the computers these days are pretty small (my 12 year old computer has a bigger drive), and if Apple wants people to buy huge media files from the iTunes Store they need to factor this into design. Send feedback to:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

Make Alias Folder Action

I am trying to write a folder action to take care of company time sheets. I can write one to duplicate them but, I would prefer to make an alias instead. I make new time sheets with a spreadsheet and when they are ready they are saved to a folder in Users:xxx:Documents:Time Sheets. When added to this folder I would like an alias left in a folder on the desktop. I tried this:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
tell application "Finder"
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end tell
end adding folder items to
but it doesn't work. Could someone point me in the right direction.
Mac Mini 1.66 CoreDuo Mac OS X (10.4.9) G3 iMac
Mac Mini 1.66 CoreDuo Mac OS X (10.4.9) G3 iMac

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<pre title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor" style="font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; padding: 5px; width: 720px; color: #000000; background-color: #E0E0E0; overflow: auto">tell application "Finder"
make new alias file to these_items at MyFolder
end tell
tell application "Finder" to make new alias file to these_items at MyFolder
</pre>
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