1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/os2emxpath.py b/Lib/os2emxpath.py
index 4c64324e9d..5b1cb186e3 100644
--- a/Lib/os2emxpath.py
+++ b/Lib/os2emxpath.py
@@ -173,14 +173,13 @@ def dirname(p):
 def commonprefix(m):
     "Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component"
     if not m: return ''
-    prefix = m[0]
-    for item in m:
-        for i in range(len(prefix)):
-            if prefix[:i+1] != item[:i+1]:
-                prefix = prefix[:i]
-                if i == 0: return ''
-                break
-    return prefix
+    s1 = min(m)
+    s2 = max(m)
+    n = min(len(s1), len(s2))
+    for i in xrange(n):
+        if s1[i] != s2[i]:
+            return s1[:i]
+    return s1[:n]
 
 
 # Get size, mtime, atime of files.