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How do I use Ruby's fileutils to make an alias on Mac's filesystem? Symbolic link would work too, either one. Or would I need to use some sort of shell script to do so?

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Use FileUtils::symlink:

FileUtils.symlink(src, dest)

To learn how to make an alias via AppleScript, see https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51709/can-i-create-a-desktop-shortcut-alias-to-a-folder-from-the-terminal

As a side note: except for the aliases (via AppleScript), Ruby will handle this correctly on any supported file system.

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