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I need a link. It´s for a software delivery DMG file. It is rather simple. But I do not know programming very well.

My need is to get an alias or a symbolic link that links to a relative path, like this:

/users/USERFOLDER-name/Library/Application Support/Some Folder/some other folder/ etc...

How is this done? Through some form of apple script? Is there a way to do it with a script or a program??

Hope someone can help, I do not know programming very well though...

AndyE
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    Can you clarify the ".../USERFOLDER-name/..." part -- is it supposed to figure out the current user? If so, that's beyond what either an alias or a symlink can do. – Gordon Davisson Feb 24 '13 at 00:40

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An alias can be created in Finder's context menu.

(Symbolic) links can be generated (as in any unix) by ln -s <original_path> <alias_path>.

EDIT

You must input the code in a shell. The standard shell for OSX is bash. You can open a shell (start) a shell by some terminal program, typically Terminal.app. You will get more information on ln there, if you type man ln.

Matthias
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  • How nice. Thanks for the info. However, I do not know what that code is supposed to be handled. Where do I put that code? In terminal? In apple script editor? – AndyE Feb 23 '13 at 23:35