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- FILEID.DOC - Description of the FILE_ID.DIZ file.
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- FILE_ID.DIZ was created by Clark Development Corporation, the makers of
- PCBoard BBS software. It is used by their PCBDescribe program to
- allow users to upload files without having to type in a description.
- Since then, other utility programs have been written to use the
- FILE_ID.DIZ file - such as the Ziplab upload processor. DIZ stands for
- Description In Zip.
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- The FILE_ID.DIZ file is just a text file. Each line should be 45
- characters long or less. It should not be more than 10 lines long.
- PCBoard can be configured to handled for more than 10 lines per upload
- description, but most sysops have the limit set at 10. It should not
- contain ANSI sequences. Hi-ASCII characters (boxes etc) are very
- popular but some systems don't allow them - use your own descretion.
- The text should be a complete description of a program. The FILE_ID.DIZ
- is then placed inside the ZIP (or ARJ, etc) along with all other files.
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- When the ZIP file is uploaded to a PCBoard BBS, the upload processor
- (PCBDescribe, Ziplab, etc.) will look inside the ZIP file. If it finds
- a FILE_ID.DIZ file, it will replace whatever the user typed in as a file
- description with the contents of the FILE_ID.DIZ.
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- The beauty of the FILE_ID.DIZ file is:
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- 1. Users do not have to type in a description.
- 2. It helps authors insure the "their" description is listed
- and not something vague like "pretty good utility".
- 3. It makes it easier for sysops to check uploads.
- 4. Even if a BBS does not support FILE_ID.DIZ, the sysop still
- has a place to get description information from.
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