Easy OSX hosts file editing with GasMask
Published by on February 4th, 2009 Leave a comment »
It's not often I come across a new utility that combines simplicity with easing a regular point of pain.
As a web developer, editing your local machine’s hosts file is not an infrequent task (If you don’t know what a hosts file is, then there’s a very good chance you will not find this little application useful!).
You could use some archaic unix command line text editor (I’m going to get it in the neck for that comment, I’m sure), or open up something like BBEdit – my editor of choice – and navigating to the file – a location that no matter how often I go there, I can never remember the precise path.
GasMark saves you the hassle. It is, simpy, a direct line to your hosts file, allowing editing on the fly as easily as clicking its Dock or menu bar icons, or using its customisable hotkeys.
There’s really nnothing else to say other than save yourself some pain and download GasMask.
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