What replaces the now-deprecated Carbon.File.FSResolveAliasFile in Python on OSX?

Question

In Python 2, I can use the following code to resolve either a MacOS alias or a symbolic link:

from Carbon import File
File.FSResolveAliasFile(alias_fp, True)         


        

Answer 1

The following Cocoa code will resolve alias.

NSURL *targetOfAlias(NSURL *url) {
    CFErrorRef *errorRef = NULL;
    CFDataRef bookmark = CFURLCreateBookmarkDataFromFile (NULL, (__bridge CFURLRef)url, errorRef);
    if (bookmark == nil) return nil;
    CFURLRef resolvedUrl = CFURLCreateByResolvingBookmarkData (NULL, bookmark, kCFBookmarkResolutionWithoutUIMask, NULL, NULL, false, errorRef);
    CFRelease(bookmark);
    return CFBridgingRelease(resolvedUrl);
}

I don't know how to invoke Cocoa framework from Python, but I am sure someone has done it

The following link shows code to resolve aslias or symlink https://stackoverflow.com/a/21151368/838253