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-rw-r--r--format.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index 3ac3a33d..cf64a5b1 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ format_expand_time(struct format_tree *ft, const char *fmt, time_t t)
char *
format_expand(struct format_tree *ft, const char *fmt)
{
- char *buf, *out;
+ char *buf, *out, *name;
const char *ptr, *s, *saved = fmt;
size_t off, len, n, outlen;
int ch, brackets;
@@ -1176,8 +1176,11 @@ format_expand(struct format_tree *ft, const char *fmt)
if (ft->flags & FORMAT_NOJOBS)
out = xstrdup("");
- else
- out = format_job_get(ft, xstrndup(fmt, n));
+ else {
+ name = xstrndup(fmt, n);
+ out = format_job_get(ft, name);
+ free(name);
+ }
outlen = strlen(out);
while (len - off < outlen + 1) {