diff --git a/archival/rpm2cpio.c b/archival/rpm2cpio.c
index 8d639d6ad..22051dabf 100644
--- a/archival/rpm2cpio.c
+++ b/archival/rpm2cpio.c
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ extern int rpm2cpio_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc == 1) {
 		rpmfile = stdin;
 	} else {
-		rpmfile = fopen(argv[1], "r");
-	 	if (!rpmfile) perror_msg_and_die("Can't open rpm file");
+		rpmfile = xfopen(argv[1], "r");
 		/* set the buffer size */
 		setvbuf(rpmfile, NULL, _IOFBF, 0x8000);
 	}
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 428b516ad..3afa64e8f 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static void process_file(FILE *file)
 
 extern int sed_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int opt;
+	int opt, status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
 	/* destroy command strings on exit */
@@ -851,15 +851,13 @@ extern int sed_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		int i;
 		FILE *file;
 		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
-			file = fopen(argv[i], "r");
-			if (file == NULL) {
-				perror_msg("%s", argv[i]);
-			} else {
+			if (file = wfopen(argv[i], "r")) {
 				process_file(file);
 				fclose(file);
-			}
+			} else
+				status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
 	
-	return 0;
+	return status;
 }
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index feee31dee..f218a88d5 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -11815,10 +11815,8 @@ opentrace() {
 #else
 	strcpy(s, "./trace");
 #endif /* not_this_way */
-	if ((tracefile = fopen(s, "a")) == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s\n", s);
+	if ((tracefile = wfopen(s, "a")) == NULL)
 		return;
-	}
 #ifdef O_APPEND
 	if ((flags = fcntl(fileno(tracefile), F_GETFL, 0)) >= 0)
 		fcntl(fileno(tracefile), F_SETFL, flags | O_APPEND);
@@ -12648,7 +12646,7 @@ findvar(struct var **vpp, const char *name)
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1999 Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
  * This file contains code for the times builtin.
- * $Id: ash.c,v 1.34 2001/10/31 11:05:49 andersen Exp $
+ * $Id: ash.c,v 1.35 2001/11/12 16:44:55 kraai Exp $
  */
 static int timescmd (int argc, char **argv)
 {