--- basex/basex.c	2001/06/26 15:18:20	1.1
+++ basex/basex.c	2001/09/23 21:18:52	1.2
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /*
  * version 1.5	2001-06-26
- * - slightly more robust
- * - "compression" levels
- * - '-I' for decode
- * - '-n' option
+ *   slightly more robust
+ *   "compression" levels
+ *   '-I' for decode
+ *   '-n' option
+ *   ident strings can not contain whitespace
  * version 1.4	2001-06-24
  * version 1.3	1999-09-12
  * version 1.2	1995-03-01
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@
 	      if (verbose)
 		fprintf (stderr, "option codec %lx\n", codec);
 	    }
-	  else if (sscanf (opt, "IDENT %s\n", ident) == 1)
+	  else if (sscanf (opt, "IDENT %[^\n]\n", ident) == 1)
 	    {
 	      if (verbose || showident)
 		fprintf (stderr, "option ident %s\n", ident);
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@
             break;
           
           case '?':
-            fprintf (stderr, "encode: basex [-v] [-n] [-i id] [-1 | -7 | -9]\n");
+            fprintf (stderr, "encode: basex [-v] [-n] [-i id] [-1 | -5 | -7 | -9]\n");
             fprintf (stderr, "decode: basex [-d] [-v] [-n] [-I]\n");
             break;
 	}