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Interface of nsILocalFileMac

I found this thing on MDN called nsILocalFileMac I couldn't make too much sense of it. However there is this thing called "alias" and "followLinks". Is this synonymous with a "shortcut" or ".lnk" file on Windows?

If it is, how can I use this interface to make an "alias"?

Solution

  • Yes, in Unix systems you can make a shortcut like this, they are called symlink or alias files:

    Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/osfile.jsm');
var pathToTarget = OS.Path.join(OS.Constants.Path.macLocalApplicationsDir, 'Firefox.app');
var pathToAlias = OS.Path.join(OS.Constants.Path.desktopDir, 'ff.link'); //extension is .link, the file must not exist or unixErrno 17 ocurs
var promise_alias = OS.File.unixSymLink(pathToTarget, pathToAlias)
promise_alias.then(
  function(aVal) {
    console.log('Promise Fullfilled - promise_alias - ', aVal);
  },
  function(aReason) {
    console.error('Promise Rejected - promise_alias - ', aReason);
  }
);