Merge branch 'gawk-4.1-stable'

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/field.c b/field.c
index 9012e9de..6a9516d0 100644
--- a/field.c
+++ b/field.c
@@ -1196,8 +1196,12 @@ choose_fs_function:
 			} else if (fs->stptr[0] == '\\') {
 				/* yet another special case */
 				strcpy(buf, "[\\\\\n]");
-			} else if (fs->stptr[0] != '\n')
+			} else if (fs->stptr[0] == '\0') {
+				/* and yet another special case */
+				strcpy(buf, "[\\000\n]");
+			} else if (fs->stptr[0] != '\n') {
 				sprintf(buf, "[%c\n]", fs->stptr[0]);
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		parse_field = def_parse_field;