In message <20121006084936.GA1434 at mole.fafoe.narf.at>, Stefan Farfeleder writes : >+static void >+unescapeoctal(char *s) Use unvis(3) ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk at FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.