--- scp.c	Thu Dec  6 12:55:27 2001
+++ scp.new.c	Mon Jan 14 19:56:58 2002
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ sink(argc, argv)
 				cursize = need;
 			}
 			(void) snprintf(namebuf, need, "%s%s%s", targ,
-			    *targ ? "/" : "", cp);
+				strcmp(targ, "/") ? "/" : "", cp);
 			np = namebuf;
 		} else
 			np = targ;