Getting the correct path of an alias

[hayleyh]

So I have the path of an alias folder in a variable. How can I get the actual file path using this piece of info? I thought that using "Get File Attribute" would help me here but no dice. I don't want to open the finder for this operation. The goal is to have a KM watchfolder where I drop aliases of other folders into it and affect the subfolders of those original directories. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[noisneil]

Finding the Original Path of Aliases in the Finder Selection

Hey Gideon, This macro will produce a text list of paths to any and all selected alias files in the Finder. It will fail silently for any selected file that is NOT an alias file. I can easily produce the file extension as well, but you'll need to tell me your preferred output format. You can do this yourself by iterating through the list and using the Get File Attribute action to extract the file extension. Let me know if you need any more help with this. -Chris Find Original Path of Al…