Force optind=1 for libc5 when doing cp in cp_mv.c

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cp_mv.c b/cp_mv.c
index 5e1a841..f56c6dd 100644
--- a/cp_mv.c
+++ b/cp_mv.c
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ extern int cp_mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			usage(cp_mv_usage[dz_i]);
 		}
 	} else {					/* (dz_i == is_mv) */
+		/* Initialize optind to 1, since in libc5 optind
+		 * is not initialized until getopt() is called
+		 * (or until sneaky programmers force it...). */
+		optind = 1;
 		recursiveFlag = preserveFlag = TRUE;
 		followLinks = FALSE;
 	}