1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 3b02446..6616325 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,19 @@ start_job_command (struct child *child)
   {
     char *end = 0;
 #ifdef VMS
+    /* Skip any leading whitespace */
+    while (*p)
+      {
+        if (!isspace(*p))
+          {
+            if (*p != '\\')
+              break;
+            if ((p[1] != '\n') && (p[1] != 'n') && (p[1] != 't'))
+              break;
+          }
+        p++;
+      }
+
     argv = p;
     /* Although construct_command_argv contains some code for VMS, it was/is
        not called/used.  Please note, for VMS argv is a string (not an array
@@ -1273,9 +1286,17 @@ start_job_command (struct child *child)
       free (argv[0]);
       free (argv);
 #endif
-      child->file->update_status = us_question;
-      notice_finished_file (child->file);
-      return;
+#ifdef VMS
+      /* On VMS, argv[0] can be a null string here */
+      if (argv[0] != 0)
+        {
+#endif
+          child->file->update_status = us_question;
+          notice_finished_file (child->file);
+          return;
+#ifdef VMS
+        }
+#endif
     }
 
   if (touch_flag && !(flags & COMMANDS_RECURSE))