--- acct-6.4-pre1/sa.c
+++ acct-6.4-pre1/sa.c
@@ -1579,10 +1579,9 @@ ask_if_junkable (char *s, int len)
   printf ("Junk `%*s'? ", len, s);
   fflush (stdout);
   
-  fgets (line, 1000, stdin);
-  sscanf (line, " %s ", word);
-  
-  if ((word[0] == 'y') || (word[0] == 'Y'))
+  if (fgets (line, 1000, stdin) &&
+      (sscanf (line, " %s ", word) > 0) &&
+      ((word[0] == 'y') || (word[0] == 'Y')))
     return 1;
 
   return 0;