--- ray/src/util/rad.c	2004/03/26 21:36:19	2.76
+++ ray/src/util/rad.c	2004/09/09 20:08:21	2.77
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: rad.c,v 2.76 2004/03/26 21:36:19 schorsch Exp $";
+static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: rad.c,v 2.77 2004/09/09 20:08:21 greg Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  * Executive program for oconv, rpict and pfilt
@@ -281,8 +281,11 @@ checklast(			/* check files and find most recent */
 		return(0);
 	while ((fnames = nextword(thisfile, PATH_MAX, fnames)) != NULL) {
 		if (thisfile[0] == '!' ||
-				(thisfile[0] == '\\' && thisfile[1] == '!'))
+				(thisfile[0] == '\\' && thisfile[1] == '!')) {
+			if (!lastdate)
+				lastdate = 1;
 			continue;
+		}
 		if (!(thisdate = fdate(thisfile)))
 			syserr(thisfile);
 		if (thisdate > lastdate)