--- net-tools-1.60/statistics.c.parse	2004-09-06 10:45:35.595130240 +0200

+++ net-tools-1.60/statistics.c	2004-09-06 10:43:11.000000000 +0200

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@

 	return &dummytab;

 }

-void process_fd(FILE *f)

+void process_fd(FILE *f,int file_desc)   // added file_desc to show propriate error mesg

 {

     char buf1[1024], buf2[1024];

     char *sp, *np, *p;

@@ -297,12 +297,16 @@

 	int endflag;

 	struct tabtab *tab;

+	if (strcmp(buf1,"\n") == 0)  // cut leading break

+	    if (!fgets(buf1, sizeof buf1, f))

+	    break;

 	if (!fgets(buf2, sizeof buf2, f))

 	    break;

+

 	sp = strchr(buf1, ':');

-	np = strchr(buf2, ':');

-	if (!np || !sp)

-	    goto formaterr;

+	np = strchr(buf2, ':'); 

+	if (!np || !sp) 

+	    goto formaterr; 

 	*sp = '\0';

 	tab = newtable(snmptabs, buf1);

@@ -333,7 +337,12 @@

   return;

 formaterr:

-  perror(_("error parsing /proc/net/snmp"));

+ switch(file_desc) {

+    case 0: perror(_("error parsing /proc/net/snmp"));

+	break;

+    case 1: perror(_("error parsing /proc/net/netstat"));

+	break;

+  }

   return;

 }

@@ -343,13 +352,13 @@

     FILE *f;

     f_raw = flag_raw; f_tcp = flag_tcp; f_udp = flag_udp;

-    

+

     f = fopen("/proc/net/snmp", "r");

     if (!f) {

 	perror(_("cannot open /proc/net/snmp"));

 	return(1);

     }

-    process_fd(f);

+    process_fd(f,0);

     if (ferror(f)) {

 	perror("/proc/net/snmp");

@@ -361,7 +370,7 @@

     f = fopen("/proc/net/netstat", "r");

     if (f) {

-    	process_fd(f);

+    	process_fd(f,1);

         if (ferror(f)) {

 	  perror("/proc/net/netstat");