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# elinks does not follow links to directories on other servers
# properly. This adds a '/' before the '1' at the start of a link and 
# removes any trailing 1.
# dave@slackbuilds.org
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diff -Naur a/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c b/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c
--- a/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c	2020-01-08 04:56:18.809169382 +0000
+++ b/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c	2020-01-08 04:52:43.722879240 +0000
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@
 	unsigned char const* URL  = "hURL%3";
 	unsigned char const* CURI = "HURI%3";
 	unsigned char const* CURL = "HURL%3";
+	unsigned char *DIR = "1";
+	unsigned char *SLASHDIR = "/1";
+	unsigned char *SLASHPOS;
 	int selectorlen = conn->uri->datalen;
 	struct gopher_entity_info *entity_info;
 	size_t size;
@@ -350,6 +353,19 @@
 		selectorlen++;
 	}
 
+	if (entity_info->type == '1') {
+		if (strstr(selector, DIR) == selector) {
+			*selector++;
+			selectorlen--;
+		}
+		else {
+			SLASHPOS = strstr(selector, SLASHDIR);
+			if (SLASHPOS != NULL && strlen(SLASHPOS) == 2) {
+					selectorlen--;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	state = add_gopher_command(conn, &command, entity, selector, selectorlen);
 	if (!is_in_state(state, S_CONN))
 		return state;