--- file/Makefile.in.orig	Thu Oct 16 11:42:44 2003
+++ file/Makefile.in	Thu Oct 16 11:42:50 2003
@@ -504,9 +504,8 @@
 	done >> $@
 
 magic.inc: magic
-	echo -n "\"" > $@
-	sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/"/\\\"/g' magic >> $@
-	echo -n "\"" >> $@
+	sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/"/\\\"/g' \
+		-e 's/^/"/' -e 's/\(.*\)/\1"/' magic > $@
 
 file.1:	Makefile file.man
 	@rm -f $@