--- trunk/icecream/client/main.cpp	2006/06/19 13:18:26	552930
+++ trunk/icecream/client/main.cpp	2006/07/05 16:47:26	558598
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 static string read_output( const char *command )
 {
-    FILE *f = popen( command, "rt" );
+    FILE *f = popen( command, "r" );
     string output;
     if ( !f ) {
         log_error() << "no pipe " << strerror( errno ) << endl;
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@
         buffer[bytes] = 0;
         output += buffer;
     }
+
     pclose( f );
-    return output;
+    // get rid of the endline
+    return output.substr(0, output.length()-1);
 }
 
 static int create_native()