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> > It seems a bit strange to me. Just like the first part of the line
> > underneath btw:
> > 	if (*p != '\0' && p[strlen(p) - 1] == '[') {
> > 	    ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> that makes sure that the strlen(p) > 0... you wouldn't want to access
> p[-1] would you?? 
> 
> hope this helps... ttyl..
> 

But p points to argv[0]. According to me that is always non-empty.

-Guido