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- The following is a review of Search aNd Destroy version 1.2:
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- 18/18: SND -- A DESTROYER
- Name: Never Before #64 @3450
- Date: Thu Jun 15 05:34:03 1989
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- SEARCH AND DESTROY -- THE PROGRAM
-
- Most of us have a hard drive, some of us even have a hard drive
- larger than 40 megs, but all of us have the annoying problem of
- getting rid of space consuming files that just sit there. The
- files with the extension of BAK, the files we messed up and
- renamed the extension of BAD, and the old DOC files hanging
- around from programs deleted long ago. Being a resource monger I
- hate giving my precious space to such unuseful programs, but the
- time involved in "Searching" them out and then "Destroying" them
- has been prohibitive. Sure, there are programs that kill BAK
- files, but what about my BAD and DOC files? Read on.....
-
- DESCRIPTION: SND120.COM is a self-extracting LHARC file.
- (Someone finally got smart and saved some
- space!) It is approximately 30K, and is
- lightning fast. Registration is a meager $5.00
- which is worth the hour of time it will save
- you. Written by Steve Getman of Coyote Software
- the program is bug free, and easy to use.
-
- USE: Starting the program is the wrong thing to do! READ THE
- DOCUMENTATION first! I cannot stress the power of this
- software, especially if a novice user is attempting to
- use it. Start by simply typing SND. This presents you
- with a screen that is meant for the "ShareWare" version
- only, and if you send in money you will be able to get a
- version without the entrance screen. This is very
- disturbing to people who want to evaluate this software
- in BATCH mode. You can use SND from a command line, but
- no menu format is provided, which means even more danger
- for a user who did not read the documentation, or a
- novice user. After starting SND you may encounter an
- error, I think. Problem is the screen writes over the
- error or message so fast you cannot adequately make it
- out. Entering correct parameters allows the software to
- start. This is where SND really shines! It quickly ZIPS
- through your directories "Searching" and then
- "Destroying" any files that you have specified. When the
- program starts there is no way to interrupt it; save
- hitting "N" to all files, or rebooting. This is a design
- flaw. ESCAPE should always allow a user to ESCAPE out of
- a program. When the program is finished "Searching" and
- "Destroying" it totals the amount of files "Destroyed".
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-
- Summary:SND is an infant program with a very bright future.
- For $5.00 you cannot lose! It lets you easily manage an
- untameable part of your hard drive: unneeded files! I
- would suggest a better user interface (menus) and an
- interrupt feature. The documentation though, was very
- complete and well done.
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- RATING FOR SND120.COM:
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- 8.0 is what SND120 earns for its power. It would have performed
- better had there been an interrupt feature, and a menu format.
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- Never Before 64 @3450
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