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Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes

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On 2015-02-08, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> Followup:  It looks like the problem, or at least part of the problem,  
> is Carbon Copy Cloner.  Turns out drive D is a clone of drive C.  When 
> I mount C, the alias on D resolves to the original on on C, _not_ the 
> original on D. 

Aha. You hadn't mentioned this in your original post. The alias to a
file/folder on C will always resolve to C because the original *is* on
C. So it's operating as designed.

> If C is not mounted, the alias fails to resolve, which 
> probably explains the "Connection Failed" message.

That's the behavior one would expect, though. C is a different volume
from D, despite having a duplicate set of contents. And aliases always
point to the *original* item.

> Well, that sucks.  I use CCC to back up all my external drives and make 
> extensive use of aliases to, for example, categorize things without 
> actually moving them into category folders (allows an item to appear in 
> multiple categories).
>
> To make things worse, C is a subsequent generation clone from an 
> earlier, smaller drive so there are aliases that won't resolve on 
> either.
>
> For some reason these problems only appear when the the drive is 
> accessed over the network.  When it is directly connected, the aliases 
> in question resolve.  So it can't be all CCC's fault.

You're saying an alias to a file on C will resolve to a file on D when D
is physically mounted, but not when D is mounted over the network? Are
you sure about that? Hmmm...

> I wonder if there is a utility to straighten all this out.  If not, 
> I'll probably try to write an Applescript to find all aliases and 
> re-point them to the current drive.

That sounds like the correct solution to the problem since the aliases
are still pointing to items on the other original volume(s). 

I actually wrote exactly such a script a while back. Enjoy:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/software/Resolve%20Aliases.zip>

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Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-07 17:55 -0500
  Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-07 23:03 +0000
  Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-02-08 06:07 -0500
    Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-08 12:17 +0100
    Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-08 07:17 -0500
  Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-08 13:36 +0000
  Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-08 08:52 -0500
    Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-08 14:55 +0000
      Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-08 15:14 +0000
        Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-08 18:28 -0500
          Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-08 23:50 +0000
      Re: Alias Strangeness on Shared Volumes Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-08 13:09 -0500

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