Hello Ignatius.

I redesigned, this should work (may have a typo) but should show you the flaw.

 I> --begin--

function DizExists(const fn:astr):boolean;
var
   T:Text;
   S:string;

begin
   star('Checking for description...'#29);
   S:='';
   if (pos('.zip',fn)<>0) then S:='unzip -L -o '
   else if (pos('.lzh',fn)<>0) then S:='lha e f '
   else if (pos('.arj',fn)<>0) then S:='arj e f '
   else if (pos('.rar',fn)<>0) then S:='unrar x -cl ';
   If (S<>'') then begin
      fpsystem(S+' file_id.diz '+         general.temppath+cstr(node)+'/ARC/
>/dev/null');
      If (exist('/home/rg/TEMP'+cstr(node)+'/ARC/file_id.diz')) then begin
         assign(T,'/home/rg/TEMP'+cstr(node)+'/ARC/file_id.diz');
         {$I-} reset(T); {$I+}
         if (IOResult<>0) then exit;
         star('Importing description.');
         While not EOF(T) do begin
            {$I-} Readln(T,S); {$I+}
            If IOResult=0 then {do something with S!!};
         End;
         erase(T);
      end;
   End;
 I> --end--

So where it says: {do something with S!!} use "S" for whatever you need for
your BBS code. You should also handle "FILE_ID.DIZ" (uppercase) too.

Let me know if you need any help...
Ozz

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