From: Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1987 20:26:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Skip over null lines in magic file.
X-Git-Tag: FILE3_27~437
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af458892d3383612e12cf30c5ccffe529856307e;p=file

Skip over null lines in magic file.
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diff --git a/src/apprentice.c b/src/apprentice.c
index 9b5d15e2..1fea372d 100644
--- a/src/apprentice.c
+++ b/src/apprentice.c
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ char *fn;
 	if (check)	/* print silly verbose header for USG compat. */
 		(void) printf("cont\toffset\ttype\topcode\tvalue\tdesc\n");
 	while (fgets(line, MAXSTR, f) != NULL) {
-		if (line[0]=='#')
+		if (line[0]=='#')	/* comment, do not parse */
 			continue;
-		line[strlen(line)-1] = '\0'; /* nuke newline */
+		if (strlen(line) <= 1)	/* null line, garbage, etc */
+			continue;
+		line[strlen(line)-1] = '\0'; /* delete newline */
 		(void) parse(line, &nmagic);
 	}