file.followAlias
| Syntax |
file.followAlias (path)
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| Params |
path is a legal path name to the alias file whose parent (or original) file you wish to identify.
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| Action |
Identifies the parent file of the alias file defined in path.
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| Returns |
A string containing the path of the parent, or the empty string if path isn't an alias.
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| Examples |
file.followAlias ("System:System Folder:Startup Items:UserLand Frontier™ alias") » "System:Frontier 1.0:UserLand Frontier"
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| Platform Notes |
This verb is only implemented in the Mac OS version of Frontier.
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| Notes |
If path is an alias, but the parent file no longer exists, file.followAlias will return the empty string.
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| See Also |
file.isAlias
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