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diff --git a/doc/mdate-sh b/doc/mdate-sh
index e631b22..60dc485 100755
--- a/doc/mdate-sh
+++ b/doc/mdate-sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
-scriptversion=2009-04-28.21; # UTC
+scriptversion=2010-08-21.06; # UTC
-# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 Free
-# Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ scriptversion=2009-04-28.21; # UTC
# bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org> or send patches to
# <automake-patches@gnu.org>.
+if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ emulate sh
+ NULLCMD=:
+ # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
+ # is contrary to our usage. Disable this feature.
+ alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
+ setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
+fi
+
case $1 in
'')
echo "$0: No file. Try \`$0 --help' for more information." 1>&2
@@ -38,7 +47,8 @@ case $1 in
cat <<\EOF
Usage: mdate-sh [--help] [--version] FILE
-Pretty-print the modification time of FILE.
+Pretty-print the modification day of FILE, in the format:
+1 January 1970
Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
EOF
@@ -50,6 +60,13 @@ EOF
;;
esac
+error ()
+{
+ echo "$0: $1" >&2
+ exit 1
+}
+
+
# Prevent date giving response in another language.
LANG=C
export LANG
@@ -99,6 +116,7 @@ month=
command=
until test $month
do
+ test $# -gt 0 || error "failed parsing \`$ls_command /' output"
shift
# Add another shift to the command.
command="$command shift;"
@@ -118,8 +136,10 @@ do
esac
done
+test -n "$month" || error "failed parsing \`$ls_command /' output"
+
# Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
-set dummy x`eval "$ls_command \"\$save_arg1\""`
+set dummy x`eval "$ls_command \"\\\$save_arg1\""`
# Remove all preceding arguments
eval $command