Re: [MacPerl] not following aliases

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 11.48 -0500 1999.03.10, Dave Lorand wrote:
>Anyway, when the script which uses File::Find encounters an alias to an
>AppleShare server in the "Recent Servers" folder of the Apple Menu Items
>Folder, it mounts the server and scans everything on it.  I would like to
>detect when a file is an alias, get what information I can without
>following it, and prune the find.  Here's a copy my &wanted:

The -l file test tells you if a file is an alias.  Is that what you wanted?

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