This is an initial attempt at fixing the problem.
Can you test this diff ? Please reverse the diff
for warping the dot before applying this one.
Index: src/usr.bin/mg/dired.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/mg/dired.c,v
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -p -r1.48 dired.c
--- src/usr.bin/mg/dired.c 23 Jan 2011 00:45:03 -0000 1.48
+++ src/usr.bin/mg/dired.c 24 Aug 2011 21:46:05 -0000
@@ -600,10 +600,13 @@ dired_(char *dname)
{
struct buffer *bp;
FILE *dirpipe;
- char line[256];
- int len, ret, counter, warp;
+ char line[256], tmp[256], ini[256];
+ int len, ret, counter, warp, pos;
+ char *meta, *orig;
+ meta = "(){} ";
counter = 0;
warp = 0;
+ pos = 0;
if ((fopen(dname,"r")) == NULL) {
if (errno == EACCES)
@@ -627,7 +630,20 @@ dired_(char *dname)
if (bclear(bp) != TRUE)
return (NULL);
bp->b_flag |= BFREADONLY;
+
+ (void) strlcpy(ini, dname, sizeof(ini));
+ while (strpbrk(&ini[pos], meta) != NULL) {
+ pos = strpbrk(&ini[pos], meta) - &ini[0];
+ (void) strlcpy(tmp, &ini[pos], sizeof(tmp));
+ ini[pos] = '\\';
+ ini[pos+1] = '\0';
+ (void) strlcat(&ini[pos], tmp, sizeof(ini));
+ pos += 2;
+ }
+ orig = dname;
+ dname = &ini[0];
ret = snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "ls -al %s", dname);
+ dname = orig;
if (ret < 0 || ret >= sizeof(line)) {
ewprintf("Path too long");
return (NULL);
