The following is a review of Search aNd Destroy version 1.2:


18/18: SND -- A DESTROYER
Name: Never Before #64 @3450
Date: Thu Jun 15 05:34:03 1989

            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". 


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.


RATING FOR SND120.COM:

1----------5---------10:
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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.

Never Before 64 @3450


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