diff --git a/gnome/ChangeLog b/gnome/ChangeLog
index 1248d2b0d..77d146b5c 100644
--- a/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-02-02  Miguel de Icaza  <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
+
+	* gnome-file-property-dialog.c (create_general_properties): Use
+	strrchr instead of rindex
+
 1999-02-01  Miguel de Icaza  <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
 
 	* gdesktop.c: Init gicon here to avoid crashing when we have the
diff --git a/gnome/gnome-file-property-dialog.c b/gnome/gnome-file-property-dialog.c
index 952762eab..042514532 100644
--- a/gnome/gnome-file-property-dialog.c
+++ b/gnome/gnome-file-property-dialog.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ create_general_properties (GnomeFilePropertyDialog *fp_dlg)
 
         /* first, we set the icon */
 	direc = g_strdup (fp_dlg->file_name);
-	rindex (direc, '/')[0] = '\0';
+	strrchr (direc, '/')[0] = '\0';
 	fe = file_entry_from_file (fp_dlg->file_name);
 	fp_dlg->im = gicon_get_icon_for_file (direc, fe);
 	g_free (direc);