--- m_getfld.c~	2000-01-26 16:35:43.000000000 -0500
+++ m_getfld.c	2004-07-21 15:34:35.754140201 -0400
@@ -726,17 +726,17 @@
 	register char *ep = pat + patln;
 	register char pc = *pat++;
 
-	for(;;) {
-		while (pc != *str++)
-			if (str > es)
-				return 0;
+	for(;str <= es; str++) {
+		if (pc != *str)
+			continue;
 
-		sp = str; pp = pat;
+		sp = str+1; pp = pat;
 		while (pp < ep && *sp++ == *pp)
 			pp++;
 		if (pp >= ep) 
-			return ((unsigned char *)--str);
+			return ((unsigned char *)str);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }