diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c41b0e22a2..3faef4be5e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Mon Jan  8 21:24:37 2001  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 	* bignum.c (bigdivrem): t2 might be too big for signed long; do
 	  not use rb_int2big(), but rb_uint2big().
 
+Mon Jan  8 21:35:10 2001  Guy Decoux  <decoux@moulon.inra.fr>
+
+	* file.c (path_check_1): should restore modified path.
+
 Mon Jan  8 03:09:58 2001  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* error.c (rb_load_fail): new func to report LoadError.
diff --git a/ToDo b/ToDo
index 1d12e5869a..b42979f7b3 100644
--- a/ToDo
+++ b/ToDo
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Language Spec.
 * def Foo::Bar::baz() .. end ??
 * I18N (or M17N) script/string/regexp
 * Fixnum 0 as false ????
-* discourage use of symbol variable (e.g. $/, etc.) in manual
+* discourage use of symbol variables (e.g. $/, etc.) in manual
 * discourage use of Perlish features by giving warnings.
 * non confusing in-block local variable (is it possible?)
   + remove scope by block
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Language Spec.
 * a +1 to be a+1, not a(+1).
 * unify == and eql? again
 * to_i returns nil if str contains no digit.
-* raise exception by ``
+* raise exception by `` error
 
 Hacking Interpreter
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Hacking Interpreter
 Standard Libraries
 
 - Module#define_method which takes a name and a body (block, proc or method).
+- Enume#inject
 * Enumerable#sort_by for Schwartzian transformation
 * String#scanf(?)
 * Object#fmt(?)
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ Standard Libraries
 * or raise ForkException to every thread but fork caller.
 * Array#fetch
 * Hash::new{default} or recommend Hash#fetch?
-* Enume#inject
 
 Extension Libraries
 
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 98098f9047..db200c6f7e 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -2029,6 +2029,7 @@ path_check_1(path)
     }
     for (;;) {
 	if (stat(path, &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & 002)) {
+           if (p) *p = '/';
 	    return 0;
 	}
 	s = strrchr(path, '/');
@@ -2056,7 +2057,10 @@ rb_path_check(path)
 
 	if (pend) *pend = '\0';
 	safe = path_check_1(p);
-	if (!safe) return 0;
+       if (!safe) {
+           if (pend) *pend = sep;
+           return 0;
+       }
 	if (!pend) break;
 	*pend = sep;
 	p = pend + 1;
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 9e30579bbe..5d51878660 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.7.0"
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2000-12-30"
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2001-01-09"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 170
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20001230
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20010109