--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/02/16 12:00:59	1690
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/02/18 13:48:34	1758
@@ -1870,18 +1870,35 @@
 	local filename="${file##*/}"
 	local count
 	local output
+	local oldprotected
 	local i
+	local x
 
-	declare -i count=0
+	# hack; do not honor a global set IFS like '§'
+	local IFS
+
+	count=0
 
 	# check if there are already protected files
-	for oldpretected in $(find ${dirname} -iname "._cfg????_${filename}" |
+	for oldprotected in $(find ${dirname} -iname "._cfg????_${filename}" |
 		sed -e "s:\(^.*/\)\(._cfg*_\)\(/.*$\):\1\2\3\%\2\%\3:" |
 		sort -t'%' -k3 -k2 | cut -f1 -d'%')
 	do
-		count=$(echo ${oldpretected} | cut -d_ -f2 | sed -e "s:cfg::")
+		count="$(echo ${oldprotected} | sed 's:.*\/._cfg\(.*\)_.*:\1:')"
 	done
-	(( count ++ ))
+
+	# dirty hack to convert 0001 -> 1; 0120 -> 120 etc
+	x="${#count}"
+	for (( i=0; i<x; i++ ))
+	do
+		if [[ ${count:${i}:1} != 0 ]]
+		then
+			count="${count:${i}}"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	count="${count}+1"
 
 	# fill output up with zeros
 	for (( i=${#count}; i < 4; i++ )); do output="${output}0"; done