Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:32:55 +0000
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: fnsplit patch
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This patch allows fnsplit to work properly on file names that begin with
'.'s.  Files like '.emacs' would come out as 'emacs'.  This was caused
by the remainder of the name overwriting the leading dots.

Bill
-- 
Leave others their otherness.

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*** src/libc/dos/dir/fnsplit.c	Thu Jul 25 23:12:04 1996
--- /source/ed/fnsplit.c	Thu Dec 12 10:22:16 1996
***************
*** 69,74 ****
--- 69,78 ----
        len = pp - pe;
        strncpy(name, pe, len);
        name[len] = '\0';
+       /* advance name over '.'s so they don't get scragged later on when the
+        * rest of the name (if any) is copied (for files like .emacs). - WJC
+        */
+       name+=len;
      }
    }
  

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