diff --git a/wrap/io_trimesh/import_ply.h b/wrap/io_trimesh/import_ply.h
index 2da70ab4c..96126627e 100644
--- a/wrap/io_trimesh/import_ply.h
+++ b/wrap/io_trimesh/import_ply.h
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ class ImporterPLY
 		// Parsing texture names
 		m.textures.clear();
 		m.normalmaps.clear();
+		const size_t linesize=1024;
 
 		for(size_t co=0;co<pf.comments.size();++co)
 		{
@@ -1048,8 +1049,8 @@ class ImporterPLY
 				for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
 					if( bufstr[i]!=' ' && bufstr[i]!='\t' && bufstr[i]>32 && bufstr[i]<125 )	bufclean.push_back(bufstr[i]);
 
-				char buf2[255];
-				ply::interpret_texture_name( bufclean.c_str(),filename,buf2 );
+				char buf2[linesize];
+				ply::interpret_texture_name( bufclean.c_str(),filename,buf2,linesize );
 				m.textures.push_back( std::string(buf2) );
 			}
 			/*if( !strncmp(c,NFILE,strlen(NFILE)) )
diff --git a/wrap/ply/plylib.cpp b/wrap/ply/plylib.cpp
index 78bb2ccd9..772c62f0d 100644
--- a/wrap/ply/plylib.cpp
+++ b/wrap/ply/plylib.cpp
@@ -3652,8 +3652,9 @@ int PlyFile::Read( void * mem )
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-void interpret_texture_name(const char*a, const char*fn, char*output){
+// this function is used to interpret the texture name in the ply header substituting "<this>" with the filename
+// of the ply file itself. This is used to allow to rename the ply file without having to change the texture name inside the ply file
+void interpret_texture_name(const char*a, const char*fn, char*output, size_t linesize){
 	int ia=0,io=0;
 	output[0]=0;
 	while (a[ia]!=0){
@@ -3685,7 +3686,8 @@ void interpret_texture_name(const char*a, const char*fn, char*output){
 
 					// 3) append
 					output[io]=0;
-					sprintf(output,"%s%s",output,fn2);
+					// replace sprintf(output,"%s%s",output,fn2);
+					snprintf(output, linesize, "%s%s",output,fn2);
 					io=strlen(output);
 					ia+=6; //skip the "<this>"
 					continue;
diff --git a/wrap/ply/plylib.h b/wrap/ply/plylib.h
index a068ac4c0..20c58ac4a 100644
--- a/wrap/ply/plylib.h
+++ b/wrap/ply/plylib.h
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class PlyFile
 	PlyElement * FindElement( const char * name );
 };
 
-void interpret_texture_name(const char*a, const char*fn, char*output);
+void interpret_texture_name(const char*a, const char*fn, char*output, size_t linesize);
 
   } // end namespace ply
 } // end namespace vcg
diff --git a/wrap/ply/plystuff.h b/wrap/ply/plystuff.h
index e799d29aa..6e13e1174 100644
--- a/wrap/ply/plystuff.h
+++ b/wrap/ply/plystuff.h
@@ -27,29 +27,6 @@ of Greg Turk and on the work of Claudio Rocchini
 
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-/****************************************************************************
-  History
-
-$Log: not supported by cvs2svn $
-Revision 1.6  2007/06/25 15:24:00  cignoni
-removed a possibly useless static kw
-
-Revision 1.5  2006/04/11 09:48:04  zifnab1974
-changes needed for compilation on linux 64b with gcc 3.4.5
-
-Revision 1.4  2005/12/02 00:00:53  cignoni
-Moved and corrected interpret_texture_name from plystuff.h to plylib.cpp
-
-Revision 1.3  2005/03/18 00:14:40  cignoni
-removed small gcc compiling issues
-
-Revision 1.2  2005/03/15 11:46:52  cignoni
-Cleaning of the automatic bbox caching support for ply files. First working version.
-
-
-*/
-
-//****************** Gestione cache *****************
 
 #ifndef __VCG_PLYLIB_STUFF
 #define __VCG_PLYLIB_STUFF