diff -urN teTeX-src-beta-20001218.orig/texk/kpathsea/tex-make.c teTeX-src-beta-20001218/texk/kpathsea/tex-make.c
--- teTeX-src-beta-20001218.orig/texk/kpathsea/tex-make.c	Tue Jan 26 21:31:23 1999
+++ teTeX-src-beta-20001218/texk/kpathsea/tex-make.c	Thu Oct 24 18:50:06 2002
@@ -138,14 +138,6 @@
   int save_stderr = -1;
 #endif
 
-  /* If the user snuck `backquotes` or $(command) substitutions into the
-     name, foil them.  */
-  for (i = 0; i < strlen (cmd); i++) {
-    if (cmd[i] == '`' || (cmd[i] == '$' && cmd[i+1] == '(')) {
-      cmd[i] = '#';
-    }
-  }
-
   /* Tell the user we are running the script, so they have a clue as to
      what's going on if something messes up.  But if they asked to
      discard output, they probably don't want to see this, either.  */
@@ -259,10 +251,31 @@
     string args, cmd;
     const_string prog = spec.program;
     const_string arg_spec = spec.program_args;
+    unsigned int i;
 
     if (format <= kpse_any_glyph_format)
       set_maketex_mag ();
 
+    /* If the user snuck `backquotes` or $(command) substitutions etc
+       into the name, foil them.
+       Thwart ../ in file names too.
+     */
+    for (i = 0; i < strlen (base); i++) {
+      char c = base[i];
+
+      if (c == '.' && base[i+1] == '.' && base[i+2] == '/') {
+        base[i] = base[i+1] = '_';
+        continue;
+      }
+      
+      if (('A' <= c && c <= 'Z')
+       || ('a' <= c && c <= 'z')
+       || ('0' <= c && c <= '9')
+       || strchr("_-.", c))
+        continue;
+      base[i] = '#';
+    }
+
     /* Here's an awful kludge: if the mode is `/', mktexpk recognizes
        it as a special case.  `kpse_prog_init' sets it to this in the
        first place when no mode is otherwise specified; this is so