Create a symbolic link in the Mac OS X Finder
SymbolicLinker will do exactly what you're looking for, and it's free.
What about that creating symbolic links in the Finder via AppleScript ?
Here's the most relevant script in that link:
on run
open {choose file with prompt "Choose a file to create a symbolic link:" without invisibles}
end run
on open the_files
repeat with i from 1 to (count the_files)
try
set posix_path to POSIX path of (item i of the_files)
if posix_path ends with "/" then set posix_path to text 1 thru -2 of posix_path
do shell script "ln -s " & quoted form of posix_path & " " & quoted form of (posix_path & ".sym")
end try
end repeat
end open
Just paste it into AppleScript Editor and save it as an application. Then you can drag it over your finder's toolbar or link it on the dock.
An applescript at the link provided by user nuc answered my question. Here is the applescript reproduced in case that link disappears.
I preferred the script given by the commenter jonn8n, which was also reproduced as Macworld article.
on run
open {choose file with prompt ¬
"Choose a file to create a symbolic link:" without invisibles}
end run
on open the_files
repeat with i from 1 to (count the_files)
try
set posix_path to POSIX path of (item i of the_files)
if posix_path ends with "/" then set posix_path to ¬
text 1 thru -2 of posix_path
do shell script "ln -s " & quoted form of posix_path ¬
& " " & quoted form of (posix_path & ".sym")
end try
end repeat
end open
I saved this as an application using Script Editor and dragged the application to the Finder sidebar so I can now create symbolic links by dragging files or folders onto the application icon.