diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index ce1306e..2a40f1c 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.36 2002/08/28 11:54:55 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.37 2002/11/05 09:33:41 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 require 'date'
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def save_file(dir, name, data)
 	print "nname: #{nname}\n" if Debuglevel > 1
 	nname.sub!(/\s*$/, "")
 	nname.sub!(/^\s*/, "")
+	nname.sub!(/^\.*/, "")
 	newname = nname
 	count = 1
 	d = Date.today