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action:Get_File_Attribute [2019/03/21 15:13] JMichaelTX ADD section on Alias and SymLink |
action:Get_File_Attribute [2019/03/21 19:15] JMichaelTX Revise script to distinguish between Alias and SymLink |
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| - | If you want to determine if the Finder Item is an Alias or SymLink, you can use this AppleScript, which will return "Alias" if the Item is either an Alias or SymLink. | + | If you want to determine if the Finder Item is an Alias or SymLink, you can use this AppleScript, which will return either "Link: Alias" OR "Link: SymLink" OR the file kind. |
| ```applescript | ```applescript | ||
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| set theItem to item 1 of theSel | set theItem to item 1 of theSel | ||
| set itemKindStr to (kind of theItem) as text | set itemKindStr to (kind of theItem) as text | ||
| + | | ||
| + | if (itemKindStr ≠ "folder") then | ||
| + | set itemFileType to (file type of theItem) as text | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | set itemFileType to "folder" | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | | ||
| + | if (itemKindStr = "Alias") then | ||
| + | if (itemFileType = "missing value") then | ||
| + | set itemKindStr to "Link: SymLink" | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | set itemKindStr to "Link: Alias" | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | | ||
| end tell | end tell | ||
| return itemKindStr | return itemKindStr | ||
| - | -->Alias | + | -->Link: Alias |
| + | -->Link: SymLink | ||
| + | -->BBEdit text document | ||
| ``` | ``` | ||
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action/Get_File_Attribute.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/18 04:15 by peternlewis
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