--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtc.C	2003/11/25 11:52:42	1.3
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtc.C	2003/11/29 18:42:07	1.5
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@
 {
   if ((fd = socket (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
     {
-      perror ("unable to create listening socket");
+      perror ("unable to create communications socket");
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+  char *sockname = rxvt_connection::unix_sockname ();
   sockaddr_un sa;
-
   sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-  strcpy (sa.sun_path, rxvt_connection::unix_sockname ());
+  strcpy (sa.sun_path, sockname);
+  free (sockname);
 
   if (connect (fd, (sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof (sa)))
     {
-      perror ("unable to bind listening socket");
+      perror ("unable to connect to rxvtd");
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 }