Symlinks in the DMG file are broken

Question

Symlinks in the DMG file are broken

Closed this issue 13 years ago · 3 comments

ls -l in the mounted DMG shows:

lrwxr-xr-x   1 cjr   cjr       29 10 Mar 12:04 QuickLook -> /Users/jake/Library/QuickLook
lrwxr-xr-x   1 cjr   cjr       29 10 Mar 12:04 Spotlight -> /Users/jake/Library/Spotlight

Should work for you, but not everyone else!

Answer 1 · 2012-03-12T20:44:30.000Z

Bugger! I'd assumed linking ~/ would work. Thinking critically, I realise I probably needed to escape something...

Answer 2 · 2012-03-12T20:47:14.000Z

No, "~" is only special in shells and they aren't stored in symlinks. I think symlinks to /Library/QuickLook and /Library/Spotlight are the only ones that'll work.

Answer 3 · 2012-03-12T20:56:38.000Z

What a rookie mistake... Fixed now.