diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index a534889..d616959 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.76 2003/07/20 20:32:01 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.77 2003/08/14 15:33:04 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def save_file(dir, name, data)
 	print "savename: #{name}\n" if Debuglevel > 1
 	nname = name.gsub(/\//, "-")
 	nname.sub!(/\s*$/, "")
-	nname.sub!(/^[\s\.]*/, "")
+	nname.sub!(/^[\s\.-]*/, "")
 	print "nname: #{nname}\n" if Debuglevel > 1
 	newname = nname
 	count = 1