--- 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;