Creating a curved line made up of repetitive objects

Is there a way to create a curved line consisting of what looks like disconnected arrows? Something like this but curved:
> > > > > > > > > >
I thought I once did something like this...just drawing a line and instead of the solid line it was a line of some sort of objects? Can I do this in PhotoShop?
Thanks, --b

Text on a path with those same characters. Can be done in either Illustrator or Photoshop. For a more complex shape that is not text, use an Art brush in Illustrator. In Photoshop you would need to define the shape as a brush, then stroke a path with that brush using the Edit Menu.

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