--- atftp-0.7/tftp.c~	2010-06-03 08:51:14.000000000 -0500
+++ atftp-0.7/tftp.c	2010-06-03 09:40:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -18,16 +18,17 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 
 #include <signal.h> 
@@ -344,16 +345,41 @@
      
      /* If no names matched, then return NULL. */
      return NULL;
 }
 # endif
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * set argc/argv from variadic string arguments
+*/
+void make_arg_vector(int *argc, char***argv, ...)
+{
+  char **p;
+  char *s;
+  va_list argp;
+  
+  // how many args?
+  *argc = 0;
+  va_start(argp, argv);
+  while ( (s=va_arg(argp, char*)) )
+    ++*argc;
+
+  // allocate storage
+  *argv = malloc(*argc * sizeof (char*));
+
+  // store args
+  p = *argv;
+  va_start(argp, argv);
+  while ( (s=va_arg(argp, char*)) )
+    *p++ = s;
+}
+
+/*
  * Split a string into args.
  */
 void make_arg(char *string, int *argc, char ***argv)
 {
      static char *tmp = NULL;
      size_t argz_len;
 
      /* split the string to an argz vector */
@@ -1142,30 +1168,26 @@
                                        argv[optind+1]);
           make_arg(string, &ac, &av);
           process_cmd(ac, av);
      }
      
      if (!interactive)
      {
           if (action == PUT)
-               snprintf(string, sizeof(string), "put %s %s", local_file,
-                        remote_file);
+               make_arg_vector(&ac,&av,"put",local_file,remote_file,NULL);
           else if (action == GET)
-               snprintf(string, sizeof(string), "get %s %s", remote_file,
-                        local_file);
+               make_arg_vector(&ac,&av,"get",remote_file,local_file,NULL);
           else if (action == MGET)
-               snprintf(string, sizeof(string), "mget %s %s", remote_file,
-                        local_file);
+               make_arg_vector(&ac,&av,"mget",remote_file,local_file,NULL);
           else
           {
                fprintf(stderr, "No action specified in batch mode!\n");
                exit(ERR);
           }
-          make_arg(string, &ac, &av);
           if (process_cmd(ac, av) == ERR)
                exit(ERR);
      }
      return OK;
 }
 
 void tftp_usage(void)
 {