In article <cja### [at] netplexaussieorg> , 
Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>  wrote:

>>   From the point of view of applications, they don't see any difference
>> between files, hard or soft links (unless the specifically ask the system
>> with a specialized system call).
>
> I don't know if aliases are implemented like this. An attempt to open an
> alias with the standard C code may attempt to open the actual alias
> file, not its target. To properly written Mac programs they behave like
> the target itself would, though.

Only from the Unix layer in Mac OS X (which end-user applications aren't
supposed to use).  For it an alias file cannot be seen because alias data is
stored in the resource fork.  The solution is not to use gcc but a
professional compiler with a reasonable runtime and C library, which on Mac
OS X means CodeWarrior (for C and C++ programs).

    Thorsten

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