v0.4

* minor improvements + bug fixes
* QuickAction v1.0.1

Linker_QuickAction.sh

@@ -1,20 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/zsh
+# shellcheck shell=bash
 
-# Linker Finder QuickAction
-# version 1.0.0
+# Linker Finder QuickAction (workflow)
+# version 1.0.1
 
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/sw/bin:/sw/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$HOME/bin:$HOME/Developer/bin
+export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/sw/bin:/sw/bin:"$HOME"/.local/bin:"$HOME"/local/bin:"$HOME"/bin:"$HOME"/Developer/bin
 
 if ! command -v linker &>/dev/null ; then
-	account=$(id -u)
-	osascript &>/dev/null << EOT
+	xattr -c /usr/local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c /opt/local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c /opt/sw/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c /sw/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c "$HOME"/.local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c "$HOME"/local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c "$HOME"/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	xattr -c "$HOME"/Developer/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x /opt/local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x /opt/sw/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x /sw/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x "$HOME"/.local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x "$HOME"/local/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x "$HOME"/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	chmod +x "$HOME"/Developer/bin/linker 2>/dev/null
+	if ! command -v linker &>/dev/null ; then
+		account=$(id -u)
+		osascript &>/dev/null << EOT
 beep
 tell application "System Events"
-	display notification "Linker main script not found!" with title "Linker [" & "$account" & "]" subtitle "❌ Error: \$PATH"
+	display notification "Main Linker shell script not found!" with title "Linker QuickAction [" & "$account" & "]" subtitle "❌ Error: \$PATH"
 end tell
 EOT
-	exit
+		exit
+	fi
 fi
 
 linker "$@" &

README

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Linker is a macOS shell script and Finder QuickAction to create relative or absolute symbolic links, hard links, Finder aliases, file clones or legacy file copies
+Linker is a macOS shell script and Finder QuickAction to create relative or absolute symbolic links, hard links, Finder aliases, Bookmark files, file clones or legacy file copies
 
 Latest release: https://github.com/JayBrown/Linker/releases/latest
 
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ Latest release: https://github.com/JayBrown/Linker/releases/latest
 
 * execute the following, if the script doesn't run: chmod +x ./linker
 
-* install QuickAction (workflow) with Automator Installer
+* Mojave & later: install QuickAction workflow with Automator Installer
+* on older systems the QuickAction format is either not supported or might not work properly as a Service workflow, and you need to create your own Service workflow in Automator
 
-In Finder you can just use the QuickAction from the contextual menu.
+In Finder you can just use the QuickAction from the contextual menu (or the Service on older systems).
 
 You will have the following options on the command-line, for tool integration in file managers like Nimble Commander, or via the Touch Bar using BetterTouchTool:
 
 linker
-	-a		:	create Finder alias
+	-a		:	create Finder Alias
+	-b		:	create Bookmark file (same as Finder Alias on newer systems)
 	-c		:	create cloned file copy (only on APFS)
 	-d		:	create legacy file copy (true duplicate)
 	-h		:	create hard link (only on HFS+ volumes)
@@ -32,5 +34,5 @@ linker
 
 Please note that even the above options will still use the GUI for the user to select the destination directory.
 
-Linker uses a code snippet from StackExchange: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/85068/222515
+Linker uses a modified code snippet from StackExchange: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/85068/222515
 Linker comes bundled with the alisma tool by EclecticLight: https://eclecticlight.co/downloads