-- This simply stuffs all items of the current selection, using the same -- location and without deleting the original item; aliases are not resolved, -- i.e. the alias file is archived, not the item it points to. -- Markus Frischknecht July 1999 -- mailto:mfrischknecht@access.ch try tell application "Finder" set selobject to selection repeat with i from 1 to count selobject set item i of selobject to (item i of selobject) as alias -- coerce each item into alias end repeat -- now stuff all files/folders set archive to Stuff selobject without deleting originals, add to existing and resolving aliases -- if desired show resulting archive; uncomment if you want this feature -- reveal archive end tell on error -- beep end try