[OS X TeX] bibliography aliases
Justin Walker
justin at mac.com
Fri Jan 7 15:24:44 EST 2005
On Jan 7, 2005, at 12:02, Matthew Inglis wrote:
> Is it possible to use OSX aliases to put "copies" of a master .bib
> file in all the folders where you've got work that's ongoing in LaTeX?
> The answer to this appears to be no -- and google is unfruitful -- but
> it's such an obvious thing to want to do that it feels like there must
> be a way.
Herb gave you the right answer, but to answer your question directly,
Aliases are a Mac OS concept that don't translate well for use by Unix
apps. For example, I have a .pdf file, I make an alias to it, and
select the alias in Finder, and it shows up as a .pdf file with the
proper contents (as shown in the preview column).
However, in a shell window:
$ file ../ArtinLfunc.pdf
../ArtinLfunc.pdf: empty
$ cat ../ArtinLfunc.pdf
$
so, in short, don't use Mac OS Aliases if you are using "native" unix
apps.
I can, however, 'open' an Alias, and things appear to work as expected
('open' is a savvy app, unlike other command-line programs).
Regards,
Justin
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