[Pythonmac-SIG] detecting aliases

[Lee Cullens]

One of my little utilities needs to know when it encounters links/ 
aliases.

I can of course detect a Unix symbolic link with os.path.islink 
('path') and determine what it points to with os.readlink('path'),  
but an Aqua alias only triggers os.isfile and it has a size of zero.   
The size is not a reliable indicator though and I was wondering how  
(in Python) to detect such and determine what it points to.

Is this one of those OS unique things where I need to get into the  
dev tools to resolve? I've been putting such off till I get into  
ObjC, since Bob said I would understand the interfaces better then.

I'm not asking you to solve my little problem, just keep me pointed  
in the right direction :~)

Thanks,
Lee C