--- foxridge-archiver/metacheck.pl	2004/06/17 15:58:42	1.1
+++ foxridge-archiver/metacheck.pl	2004/07/08 17:30:05	1.3
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $|=1;
 #
 
 # program version
-my $version = "0.5.2 (7.1.2004)";
+my $version = "0.5.3 (8.7.2004)";
 
 # read command line parameters
 my $args = MPIWGStor::parseargs;
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ if (! $docdir) {
     logger("ABORT", "no document directory given!");
     exit 1;
 }
+# strip double slashes
+$docdir =~ s/\/\//\//;
 # strip trailing slashes
 $docdir =~ s/\/$//;
 if (! -d $docdir) {