{ Copyright (C) 1981 by Bell Laboratories, Inc., and Whitesmiths Ltd. } { fskip -- skip n characters on file fd } procedure fskip (fd : filedesc; n : integer); var c : character; i : integer; begin for i := 1 to n do if (getcf(c, fd) = ENDFILE) then error('archive: end of file in fskip') end;