--- efax-0.9/efax.c.nullptr	Sat Mar 27 09:24:10 1999

+++ efax-0.9/efax.c	Wed Jan 12 22:17:21 2000

@@ -2186,6 +2186,7 @@

   /* print initial message to both stderr & stdout */

   argv0 = argv[0] ;

+  memset((void *)lkfile, 0, sizeof(lkfile));  /* random effects on sparc linux */

   verb[1] = "ewia" ;

   msg ( "I " Version " " Copyright ) ;

   argv0 = efaxbasename ( argv0 ) ;

--- efax-0.9/efaxos.c.nullptr	Tue Mar  2 01:18:30 1999

+++ efax-0.9/efaxos.c	Wed Jan 12 22:16:04 2000

@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@

 { 

   int err = 0 ;

   char **p = lkfiles ;

-  while ( *p && ! err ) 

+  while ( *p && **p && ! err ) 

     if ( ( err = ttlock ( *p++, log ) ) == 3 ) err = 0 ; 

   return err ; 

 }

@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@

 { 

   int err = 0, i ;

   char **p = lkfiles ;

-  while ( *p ) 

+  while ( *p && **p ) 

     if ( ( i = ttunlock ( *p++ ) ) != 0 ) err = i ; 

   return err ; 

 }