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-rw-r--r--term-utils/wall.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/wall.c b/term-utils/wall.c
index 598e9f28c..acada294a 100644
--- a/term-utils/wall.c
+++ b/term-utils/wall.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static char *makemsg(char *fname, char **mvec, int mvecsz,
char *whom, *where, *date;
struct passwd *pw;
time_t now;
+ ssize_t len;
+ int i;
if (!(whom = getlogin()) || !*whom)
whom = (pw = getpwuid(getuid())) ? pw->pw_name : "???";
@@ -232,7 +234,10 @@ static char *makemsg(char *fname, char **mvec, int mvecsz,
fprintf(fp, "\r%*s\r\n", TERM_WIDTH, " ");
sprintf(lbuf, _("Broadcast message from %s@%s (%s) (%s):"),
whom, hostname, where, date);
- fprintf(fp, "%-*.*s\007\007\r\n", TERM_WIDTH, TERM_WIDTH, lbuf);
+ len = strlen(lbuf);
+ for (i = 0; 0 < len; i++)
+ len -= fprintf(fp, "%-*.*s\007\007\r\n", TERM_WIDTH, TERM_WIDTH,
+ lbuf + (i * TERM_WIDTH)) + 4;
free(hostname);
free(date);
}