Index: url.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/curl/lib/url.c,v
retrieving revision 1.121
diff -u -r1.121 url.c
--- url.c	2001/05/04 07:47:11	1.121
+++ url.c	2001/05/11 06:35:36
@@ -2019,21 +2019,26 @@
      */
     struct connectdata *old_conn = conn;
     char *path = old_conn->path; /* setup the current path pointer properly */
+    char *ppath = old_conn->ppath; /* this is the modified path pointer */
     if(old_conn->proxyhost)
       free(old_conn->proxyhost);
     conn = conn_temp;        /* use this connection from now on */
-    free(conn->path);        /* free the previous path pointer */
 
     /* we need these pointers if we speak over a proxy */
     conn->name = conn->gname;
     conn->hostname = old_conn->gname;
 
-    conn->path = path;       /* use this one */
-    conn->ppath = path;      /* set this too */
+    free(conn->path);    /* free the previously allocated path pointer */
 
+    /* 'path' points to the allocated data, 'ppath' may have been advanced
+       to point somewhere within the 'path' area. */
+    conn->path = path; 
+    conn->ppath = ppath;
+
     /* re-use init */
     conn->bits.reuse = TRUE; /* yes, we're re-using here */
-    conn->bits.chunk = FALSE; /* always assume not chunked unless told otherwise */
+    conn->bits.chunk = FALSE; /* always assume not chunked unless told
+                                 otherwise */
     conn->maxdownload = -1;  /* might have been used previously! */
 
     free(old_conn);          /* we don't need this anymore */