Subj : Re: DOS/Win32 Program wanted...
To   : Atreyu
From : digimaus
Date : Mon Nov 17 2025 22:04:12

-=> Atreyu wrote to Digimaus <=-

 At> Extended-descriptions in all of them were always "interesting" to
 At> parse.

There is a standard for FILE_ID.DIZ but in my 30 years of being a sysop,
I've never seen a FILES.BBS standard.

MBSE uses this sytle which I believe a lot of BBSes use:

CZ47.RAR     [0] Chinese Zodiac v4.7 written by Sean Dennis
 +Have you ever wondered what your Chinese
 +Zodiac sign is?  Now you can find out!
 +For any BBS that supports 16-bit DOS doors
 +and a FOSSIL driver.  Freeware! Another
 +Cheepware production.

I'd say that's easier to parse than Maximus' native FILES.BBS standard.

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