diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 75d99f15b8e..6b527ccf4ba 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-03-19  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	Reported by Stephen Crawley
+	* java/io/FilePermission.java (implies): Use String.length() -1 to
+	access last char of String.
+
 2004-03-19  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* java/awt/image/AffineTransformOp.java
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/FilePermission.java b/libjava/java/io/FilePermission.java
index 2c3f1773b8e..a26f8c70f87 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/FilePermission.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/FilePermission.java
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ public final class FilePermission extends Permission implements Serializable
       break;
 */
         default:
-          if(f2.charAt(f2.length()) == File.separatorChar) 
+          if(f2.charAt(f2.length() - 1) == File.separatorChar) 
             {
-              if(!f1.equals(f2.substring(0,f2.length()-1)))
+              if(!f1.equals(f2.substring(0,f2.length() - 1)))
 	        return false;
             } 
           else