file.exists & aliases

[Ken Dow]

On my Mac OS X machine, file.exists returns false if there is an 
alias in the path. For example, in this path:

	Buffy:Applications (Mac OS 
X):Frontier:www:system:upstream:Private Sites:distributor

Private Sites is an alias to a folder. If I enter that path into the 
Finder's Go command, it is correctly resolved and the distributor 
folder is displayed. But

	file.exists("Buffy:Applications (Mac OS X):Radio 
UserLand:www:system:upstream:Private Sites:distributor")

Returns false. Is this expected? Does it work the same way with 
shortcuts on Windows? TIA.

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