*** wget-1.5.3/src/utils.c~	Sun Dec 12 07:05:55 1999
--- wget-1.5.3/src/utils.c	Sun Dec 12 07:05:42 1999
***************
*** 345,350 ****
--- 345,356 ----
        if (!path[start])
  	break;
  
+       if (start-1 >= 0 && path[start-1] == ':' &&
+ 	  path[start] == '/' && path[start+1] == '/') {
+ 
+ 	  start++;
+       }
+ 
        /* Handle multiple `/'s in a row.  */
        while (path[i] == '/')
  	i++;