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-rw-r--r--coreutils/printf.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index d4f1de9..0b004ea 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ static void print_direc(char *format, unsigned fmt_length,
char saved;
char *have_prec, *have_width;
+ saved = format[fmt_length];
+ format[fmt_length] = '\0';
+
have_prec = strstr(format, ".*");
have_width = strchr(format, '*');
if (have_width - 1 == have_prec)
have_width = NULL;
- saved = format[fmt_length];
- format[fmt_length] = '\0';
-
switch (format[fmt_length - 1]) {
case 'c':
printf(format, *argument);