--- lam.c	Tue May 31 07:03:26 2005
+++ lam.c	Tue May 31 06:57:40 2005
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ 
 			else if ((ip->fp = fopen(p, "r")) == NULL) {
 				err(1, "%s", p);
 			}
-			ip->pad = P;
+			if(!ip->pad)
+				ip->pad = P;
 			if (!ip->sepstring)
 				ip->sepstring = (S ? (ip-1)->sepstring : "");
 			if (!ip->format)