launch Changelog

What's new in launch 1.2.3

Aug 19, 2015
  • display display names for bundles
  • display localized file sizes which match Mac OS X 10.6 and later (base 10) also now uses EB for larger-than-TB units
  • display localized numbers (with grouping separators if applicable)
  • 64-bit Intel binary, built for OS X 10.8 and later (tested on 10.8.5, 10.9.5 and 10.10.4)

New in launch 1.2.2 (Mar 17, 2014)

  • use non-deprecated API for marking files as stationery
  • display type and creator codes containing null bytes
  • display ProDOS types if encoded as HFS types
  • display AppleWorks mixed-case filenames by decoding ProDOS auxiliary types if present

New in launch 1.2.1 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • better work around a bug in OS X 10.8 and 10.9, causing crashes using -f with a relative path to an item inside a package (r. 15772932)
  • work around an OS X bug in order to display "excluded from backup" in more cases when an item is excluded from Time Machine. Use `tmutil isexcluded` if you want a correct answer in all cases (r. 15909530)

New in launch 1.2 (Jan 13, 2014)

  • -l: no longer use Internet Config; can specify application
  • allow getting information (-f) on an application located by name, URL, bundle ID or creator
  • display alias targets, where available, with -f
  • display detailed volume information with -f
  • display information on special files and named pipes with -f
  • display total file size (including all forks and metadata) instead of resource fork size with -f
  • display hard link count (if > 1) with -f
  • display label (or tags, on 10.9+) with -f
  • display file attributes with -f (e.g., extension hidden)
  • restore -o: pass command-line arguments, fixed as of Mac OS X 10.5
  • read Info.plists embedded in Mach-O binaries
  • fix incorrect error messages with -u
  • fix symbolic links being identified as aliases everywhere (and display their targets)
  • fix incorrect size display for items over 4 GB
  • fix display of [can't access package contents] for non-packages
  • update error codes
  • remove support for Classic
  • remove support for resource fork versions
  • remove display of backup date (no supported way to retrieve it)
  • remove display of "in use" status (no supported way to retrieve it)
  • eliminate use of most API deprecated as of OS X 10.8
  • 32-bit/64-bit Intel binary, built for OS X 10.8 and later (tested on 10.8.5 and 10.9.1)