[Pythonmac-SIG] Finding what a broken alias refers to.

[Hubert Holin]

Somewhere in the E.U., le 21/06/2005

Bonjour

     For my first Python steps on the Mac, I am trying to find  
information on all broken aliases in a folder hierarchy (i.e. aliases  
which were created thru the Finder and which no longer reference an  
existing file or folder). While I am able to find the aliases which  
are broken, I would like to go a step further, and indicate *what*  
the alias thinks it is referencing (the "original" item in the Finder  
info), and I am encountering some problem.

     It would seem that the best function to get that information is  
thru the FSFollowFinderAlias function of the Alias Manager, but  
unfortunately the only version which is wrapped is a member of the  
Alias class, which I have not found a way to use, as all I have is an  
instance of FSRef.

     Likewise, the Alias Manager functions FSMatchAlias and  
FSMatchAliasNoUI seem not to be wrapped.

     What can I do, short of writing a C++ extension?

Merci

Hubert Holin