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- SND v. 1.31 - Search aNd Destroy
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- Search aNd Destroy and SND are Copyright (c) 1989 by Steve Getman
- and COYOTE Software (Tm). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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-
- What is SND?: SND - Search aNd Destroy - is a disk utility designed
- ------------ to make life easier on those of us who have hard disks.
- Have you ever noticed that no matter how big
- your hard disk is, it always seems to have less free
- space on it than you like? In most cases alot of that
- space is filled with unwanted backup files created by
- the software we use. Quite simply what SND does is
- take a filename you enter, search the entire disk for
- it, and delete any matching files it comes across.
- SND supports all DOS wildcards (*.* and ???).
-
-
- A word of warning: This software has the potential to destroy
- ----------------- valuable data if used incorrectly. A good
- suggestion is to run it with the -L option active.
- This will create a file in the current directory
- containing the paths and names of all the files
- deleted by SND. It may come in handy if you find
- that you have deleted something you didn't want to.
- Also, a careful use of wildcards will prevent the
- unwanted deletion of files.
-
-
- Usage: SND [options] [drive]:[filename]
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- Options are:
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- -P Tells SND NOT to prompt for the deletion of each file. The
- default mode will prompt for the deletion of each file and
- therefore prevent the accidental loss of data.
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- -L Creates a file called SND.LOG in the current directory and
- writes the path and name of all files deleted. This
- is useful for keeping track of what files have been
- deleted. SND will also write the file(s) sizes and the
- total number of bytes freed. Adding the numbers up for
- the individual files, you will find that they do not match
- the total given by the program. The reason for this is
- that DOS allocates disk space in chunks of 2048 bytes,
- (1024 for floppy users). So, if SND deletes a file of
- say, 128 bytes, it will actually have freed up 2048 bytes
- of disk space. (or 1024 on a floppy)
-
- *(note)*: SND will NOT delete the log file if the -L switch is
- -------- selected. The reason being that it would be trying to
- delete an open file which would cause unlinked chains on
- the disk. Not a major problem, but annoying.
-
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- -R This tells SND to delete files that are marked as Read_Only.
- If this option is not selected, SND will not touch any files
- that are Read_Only.
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-
- -H This tells SND to delete files that have the Hidden
- attribute set. If not selected SND will not touch any files
- that are Hidden.
-
-
- -V This switch turns off the directory display of SND. The
- directories and filenames that are being deleted will NOT
- be shown.
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- *(note)*: Each option must be preceded with a - or / otherwise it will
- -------- be ignored.
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- Drive: is the drive you want SND to search on. It defaults to the
- ----- current drive if not specified.
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- Filename: is the filespec you want SND to search for and remove. If
- -------- you do not specify one, it will default to *.BAK (All files
- on the disk with a .BAK extension)
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- Examples:
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- C> SND
-
- This will show a help screen giving all the options for
- SND.
-
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- C> SND -P
-
- This will deleted all files on the current drive (C: in
- this case) WITHOUT prompting for each file before it is
- deleted.
-
-
- C> SND -L D:*.TXT
-
- This will delete all files on drive D: with an extension
- of .TXT and will put their names and paths into a file
- called SND.LOG which will be in the current directory.
- SND will prompt for the deletion of the files before
- removing them.
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- C> SND -R -H -P D:*.*
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- This set of options will first prompt to make sure you
- want to delete ALL files on drive D: and if you respond
- yes, will proceed to do so. PLEASE be VERY careful with
- command lines such as this as you may very easily lose some
- important data.
-
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- C> SND -V -P
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- This will delete all files on the current drive with the
- extension of .BAK and will NOT show them as they are
- deleted. It will also NOT prompt for each file as it is
- deleted.
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- Please read the documentation for License Agreement, Distribution, and
- further information as to how to use SND.
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- If you find this program useful, and would like to see others
- developed, a contribution of $5.00 would be greatly appreciated.
- Please read the LICENSE.DOC file for information regarding what you
- will receive for registering this software.
-
- Even if you do not intend to keep using this program, we would
- like to hear from you. If you have an idea for a utility or program
- you would like to see developed, or any comments or other suggestions,
- please drop us a line at the address below.
-
- Thank You,
- Steve Getman
-
- Steve Getman
- COYOTE Software (TM)
- 7 Watson Ave
- Binghamton, NY 13901-1805
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-
- Search aNd Destroy (SND) is (c) Copyright 1989 by Steve Getman and
- COYOTE Software (Tm). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
-
- COYOTE Software is a trademark of COYOTE Software based in Binghamton, NY.