1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libkcal/sharpformat.cpp b/libkcal/sharpformat.cpp
index d56eab6..b88e729 100644
--- a/libkcal/sharpformat.cpp
+++ b/libkcal/sharpformat.cpp
@@ -613,54 +613,65 @@ bool SharpFormat::save( Calendar *calendar)
     changeString = tPrefix;
     deleteString = tPrefix;
     status.setText ( i18n("Processing todos ...") );
     qApp->processEvents();
     QPtrList<Todo> tl = calendar->rawTodos(); 
     Todo* to = tl.first();
     i = 0;
     message = i18n("Processing todo # ");
     procCount = 0;
     while ( to ) {
        if ( to->tempSyncStat() != SYNC_TEMPSTATE_NEW_EXTERNAL ) {
              status.setText ( message + QString::number ( ++procCount ) );
              qApp->processEvents();
             QString eString = getTodoString( to );
             if ( to->tempSyncStat() == SYNC_TEMPSTATE_DELETE ) { // delete
                 // deleting empty strings does not work.
                 // we write first and x  and then delete the record with the x
                 eString = eString.replace( QRegExp(",\"\""),",\"x\"" );
                 changeString += eString + "\n";
                 deleteString += eString + "\n";
                 deleteEnt = true;
                 changeEnt = true;
                 }
             else  if ( to->getID("Sharp_DTM").isEmpty() ) {       // add new 
-                command = "(echo \"" + tPrefix + eString + "\" ) | db2file todo -w -g -c " + codec+ " > "+ fileName;
+
+
+
+                QString fileNameIn = "/tmp/kopitempin";
+                QFile fileIn( fileNameIn );
+                if (!fileIn.open( IO_WriteOnly ) ) {
+                    return false;
+                } 
+                QTextStream tsIn( &fileIn );
+                tsIn.setCodec( QTextCodec::codecForName("utf8") );
+                tsIn << tPrefix << eString ;
+                fileIn.close();  
+                command = "(cat /tmp/kopitempin | db2file todo -w -g -c " + codec+ ") > "+ fileName;
                 system (  command.utf8() );
                 QFile file( fileName );
                 if (!file.open( IO_ReadOnly ) ) {
                     return false;
-                    
                 } 
                 QTextStream ts( &file );
                 ts.setCodec( QTextCodec::codecForName("utf8") );
                 answer = ts.read();
                 file.close();  
                 //qDebug("answer \n%s ", answer.latin1());
                 getNumFromRecord( answer, to  ) ;
 
             }
             else { // change existing
                 //qDebug("canging %d %d",to->zaurusStat() ,to->zaurusId() );
                 //command = "(echo \"" + ePrefix + eString + "\" ) | db2file datebook -w -g -c " + codec+ " > "+ fileName;
                 changeString += eString + "\n";
                 changeEnt = true;
 
             }
         } 
         
         to = tl.next();
     }
     status.setText ( i18n("Changing todos ...") );
     qApp->processEvents();
     //qDebug("changing... ");
     if ( changeEnt ) {