--- util.c.orig	2013-08-17 14:54:44.000000000 +0100
+++ util.c	2013-08-18 07:13:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -402,12 +402,16 @@
 	name = fullname = t = savestr(at);
 
 	/* Strip off up to `sleading' leading slashes and null terminate. */
-	for (; *t && !isspace((unsigned char)*t); t++)
+	for (; *t && *t!='\t' && *t!='\n'; t++)
+		if (isspace((unsigned char) *t))
+			if (*(t+1) && (*(t+1) == '\t'))
+				break;
 		if (*t == '/')
 			if (--sleading >= 0)
 				name = t + 1;
 	*t = '\0';
-
 	/*
 	 * If no -p option was given (957 is the default value!),
 	 * we were given a relative pathname,