+ /* strip anything to the left of a @ */
+ while ((strlen(node) > 0) && (haschar(node, '@') > 0))
+ strcpy(node, &node[1]);
+
+ /* strip anything to the left of a % */
+ while ((strlen(node) > 0) && (haschar(node, '%') > 0))
+ strcpy(node, &node[1]);
+
+ /* reduce multiple system bang paths to node!user */
+ while ((strlen(node) > 0) && (haschar(node, '!') > 1))
+ strcpy(node, &node[1]);
+
+ /* now get rid of the user portion of a node!user string */
+ for (a = 0; a < strlen(node); ++a)
+ if (node[a] == '!')
+ node[a] = 0;
+ }