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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
7,172
- Requirements:
Mac OS X
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
January 15, 2002
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Publisher's description of Pacifist 1.0b4
From CharlesSoft:Pacifist is an application which allows you to extract individual files out of .pkg installer packages, similar to the way the old TomeViewer let you open Tome files under Mac OS 9.
Here is a list of Pacifist's current features:
- Lets you install individual items or folders from .pkg packages, either to their default install location or to a custom location you specify.
- Follows all symlinks properly, instead of overwriting them like Installer.app does
- Doesn't mess with existing folders, including their permissions
- Correctly gives the sizes of a package, both compressed and uncompressed, instead of always saying 100 MB like Installer.app does
- Displays total size of currently selected files, letting you know exactly how much space your installation will take on your hard disk. Dynamically updates this size as the selection changes.
- Automatically converts AppleDouble files into resource forks and metadata when installing on HFS+ disks (leaves the files alone if installing on UFS)
- Automatically updates prebinding information after installation to optimize system performance
- Multiple document interface
- Multi-threaded
- Has a working search feature
- Fixes a few of Apple's omissions in NSOutlineView, so command-left arrow and command-right arrow to collapse and expand items work, as does auto filename completion
- Works with compressed or uncompressed packages
- By default, prompts before replacing any files
- Uses the Security Framework if the files will need to be installed as root
- If you install a folder and the folder already exists, Pacifist installs the folder's contents and doesn't overwrite the parent folder. The exception is .app bundles, which by default will ask you what to do.
- The buffer used when piping to pax is configurable, unlike command-line gzip, so you can tweak it to get faster decompression with gz-compressed packages
- Most features can be turned off via preferences if you wish
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