--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/10/25 07:07:28	1961
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/10/25 07:17:17	1962
@@ -1887,8 +1887,9 @@
 		count="$(echo ${oldprotected} | sed 's:.*\/._cfg\(.*\)_.*:\1:')"
 	done
 
-	# dirty hack to convert 0001 -> 1; 0120 -> 120 etc
-	x="${#count}"
+	# convert 0001 -> 1; 0120 -> 120 etc
+	# use bash internal base functions to this task
+	x="$((10#${count}))"
 	for (( i=0; i<x; i++ ))
 	do
 		if [[ ${count:${i}:1} != 0 ]]