--- server.c    2004-03-28 00:25:34.000000000 +0100
+++ server.c    2004-03-28 00:05:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -427,14 +427,16 @@
  char *cmd;
  char *ptr;
  char *fileName;
-  char *targetfileName;
+  char *targetfileName,*tmpfilename,*tmprarsize;
  struct stat st;
  int size1,size2;
  static char *tempbuf;
  unsigned long cnt;
-  int ret=0;
+  int open_ok,ret=0;
+  int f_size=0;
  char *TEMP_PATH;
  char *TARGET_PATH = main_config->root_dir;
+  FILE *size_file;

  *CMD = (char *)malloc(MAX_MSG_LENGTH);
  memset(*CMD,0x0,MAX_MSG_LENGTH);
@@ -487,7 +489,40 @@
      /* to open the requested file.  Otherwise processing should continue */
      if (!strstr(fileName,"/../"))
   {
-     if (!(*file = fopen(targetfileName,"r")))
+        tmpfilename=strrchr(targetfileName,'.');
+        if (tmpfilename==NULL) {
+            sprintf(*CMD,"%-32d",-1);
+            free(fileName);
+            free(targetfileName);
+            ret=1;
+        }
+        if (!strcasecmp(tmpfilename,".rar")) {
+            tmpfilename=(char *)malloc(4096);
+            sprintf(tmpfilename,"/usr/bin/rar p -inul \"%s\" \"*.mpg\" \"*.avi\" \"*.img\" \"*.bin\"",targetfileName);
+            d_log("open file: %s\n",tmpfilename);
+            open_ok=(int)(*file = popen(tmpfilename,"r"));
+            if (open_ok) {
+                //this is ugly, but it seems lie xns protkoll really needs a "valid" size for the file,
+                //and since rars are mostyl splited lets use some bash stuff to get the actual size
+                tmprarsize=(char *)malloc(4096);
+                sprintf(tmprarsize,"/usr/bin/rar lt \"%s\" | egrep -Ei \"\\.mpg |\\.avi |\\.img |\\.bin \" | gawk '{ print $2 }'" ,targetfileName);
+                d_log("filesize: %s\n",tmprarsize);
+                if ((size_file = popen(tmprarsize,"r"))) {
+                    bzero(tmpfilename,4096);
+                    fread(tmpfilename,1,4096,size_file);
+                    pclose(size_file);
+                    d_log("filesize: %s\n",tmpfilename);
+                    f_size=atol(tmpfilename);
+                }
+                free(tmprarsize);
+            }
+            free(tmpfilename);
+        } else {
+            open_ok=(int)(*file = fopen(targetfileName,"r"));
+            stat(targetfileName,&st);
+            f_size=(int)st.st_size;
+        }
+          if (!open_ok)
       {
         if (main_config->debug_lvl >= 1)  {
             d_log("Cannot open file: %s\n",targetfileName);
@@ -499,10 +534,9 @@
       }
     else
       {
-         fstat(fileno(*file),&st);
         /* set it to 32 char, so player understands it.*/
-         sprintf(*CMD,"%-32d",(int)st.st_size);
-
+             sprintf(*CMD,"%-32i",(int)f_size);
+             d_log("ok file is running!\n");
         free(fileName);
         free(targetfileName);
         ret = 1;