Problem with Alias on Unmounted Volume

General
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I’m recursing through a series of directories on a mounted server volume. In one of these directories, I hit an alias for a file that is on a different server share, one that is not mounted. The moment I assign this item to a folderitem, the system presents a log-in for the unmounted server volume. If I cancel this mount attempt, I can identify this folderitem as an alias and skip it. But this is a problem because this is a console application. I want to be able to skip the item before the login screen. How can I make this happen?

The finder shows a icon on the folder indicating it’s an alias, so I’m thinking that identifying it as an alias before it’s actually called must be possible.

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do you use TrueItem() or Item() function?

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Do you know the feeling when you realize you’ve been doing it all wrong?

I just had that feeling.

I switched the initial assignment of folderitem.item(n) to folder item.trueitem(n) and it works. I had been testing for alias after I got the folderitem.

thanks Christian.