Manipulate Alias based on state of Original
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:28 pmCan anyone help figure out a way to manipulate an alias based upon the state of an original?
To simplify my exact situation, I have a folder that I have an alias to on my desktop, and I would like to know at a glance, by color label, if the folder is empty or not.
I can easily run an if Sub-file/folder count is 0; set color label on the parent, but the alias' color label state is independent from the parent. And I know enough applescript that I could probably figure out how to change the alias' label directly here, but it's horribly inflexible if I have to hard code paths.
Running Sub-file/folder count is 0 against the alias itself always returns yes, as an alias of a directory is a file not a directory itself.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
To simplify my exact situation, I have a folder that I have an alias to on my desktop, and I would like to know at a glance, by color label, if the folder is empty or not.
I can easily run an if Sub-file/folder count is 0; set color label on the parent, but the alias' color label state is independent from the parent. And I know enough applescript that I could probably figure out how to change the alias' label directly here, but it's horribly inflexible if I have to hard code paths.
Running Sub-file/folder count is 0 against the alias itself always returns yes, as an alias of a directory is a file not a directory itself.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.