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- This file is a review done by Patrick Grote on Quick Find Version 3.02.
- Reprinted by permission.
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- QF302 -- Go Fetch it Boy
-
- Lately I have noticed an onslaught of file find utilities. They promise a
- ton, but deliver an ounce. The perfect file find utility is the one that
- finds the file anywhere, and then brings it to you. I know there have
- been hundreds of times when I sit down to do a review and have lost the
- documentation. For me it means finding it in one of many directories.
- Then again it may still be in that LZH, or in that ZIP file. You get the
- idea. QF302 searches through the files and locates my missing
- documentation, quickly,
-
-
- DESCRIPTION: QF302 is self described as a file find/delete utility. It
- does live up to its description. Written by Ron Bieber,
- the program flys through its assigned course bug free. It
- costs nothing to use, but the author requests a $10.00
- donation if you use the program often.
-
- USE: QF302 uses a command line for its user interface. You may select one
- of eight switches. Everything from searching through compressed
- files, to pausing when the screen is full. To demonstrate QF302's
- great ability, lets take a look at one of my sessions. I was looking
- for all my .DOC files so that I could print them out to help me
- while I was ding my reviews. I didn't want to type PKZIP /V
- FILENAME.ZIP *.DOC for every ZIP, so I had QF302 do the search for
- me. The software came back with 30 listings, and since I was dumping
- it to my printer I was able to get all the ones I needed, even in
- the ZIPS! The program is lightning fast. It beat the hell out of
- Norton's File Find. (W/O looking in the compressed files) The
- neatest part about this whole deal is that QF302 will also DELETE
- upon finding one of the programs. This is good for *.BAK files and
- the like. One problem with the delete is that it will not let you
- delete protected files. (Some may consider that a blessing) "Well,
- where is the other shoe?" you ask. Right here. It would have been
- nice if the program gave individual totals as it looked through the
- subdirectory, rather than just one big total at the end. Filesize
- list in conjunction with the files found would be good. Other than
- that the program is an exact work-alike of Norton's FF.
-
- SUMMARY: QF302 is a great program. Just be ready for a generic
- interface.
-
- RATING FOR QF302:
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- 9.2 for the promise of being better than Norton and following through. As
- usual, a better user interface would have been good. Also, subtotals
- would be good during the subdirectory breaks.
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