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Chapter 4 - Alias Manager / Alias Manager Reference

Alias Manager Routines / Creating and Updating Alias Records

NewAliasMinimal

You use the NewAliasMinimal function to create a short alias record quickly.

FUNCTION NewAliasMinimal (target: FSSpec; 
                           VAR alias: AliasHandle): OSErr;

target

An FSSpec record for the target of the alias record.

alias

A handle to the newly created alias record. If the function fails to create an alias record, it sets alias to NIL.

DESCRIPTION

The NewAliasMinimal function creates an alias record that contains only the minimum information necessary to describe the target: the target name, the parent directory ID, the volume name and creation date, and the volume mounting information. The NewAliasMinimal function uses the standard alias record data structure, but it fills in only parts of the record.

Note

The ResolveAlias function, described on page 4-19, never updates a minimal alias record.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro and routine selector for NewAliasMinimal are

Trap macro	Selector
_AliasDispatch	$0008

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
paramErr	-50	The value of target or alias parameter, or of both, is NIL, or the alias record is corrupt