--- ray/src/common/fltdepth.c	2019/11/07 23:33:45	3.2
+++ ray/src/common/fltdepth.c	2019/11/08 17:08:21	3.3
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: fltdepth.c,v 3.2 2019/11/07 23:33:45 greg Exp $";
+static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: fltdepth.c,v 3.3 2019/11/08 17:08:21 greg Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  * Function to open floating-point depth file, making sure it's
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ open_float_depth(const char *fname, long expected_leng
 	if (expected_length <= 0) {	/* need to sniff file? */
 		extern const char	HDRSTR[];
 		const int		len = strlen(HDRSTR);
-		n = read(fd, buf, len+1);
-		if (n < len+1)
+		if (read(fd, buf, len+1) < len+1)
 			goto gotEOF;
 		if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
 			goto seek_error;
 		for (n = 0; n < len; n++)
 			if (buf[n] != HDRSTR[n])
 				break;
-		if (n < len || !isprint(buf[len]))	
+		if ((n < len) | !isprint(buf[len]))	
 			return(fd);	/* unknown length raw float... */
 	} else {
 		off_t	flen = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
@@ -92,21 +91,21 @@ open_float_depth(const char *fname, long expected_leng
 		fclose(dc.finp);	/* already reported error */
 		return(-1);
 	}
-	if (expected_length > 0 && (long)dc.res.xr*dc.res.yr != expected_length) {
+	if ((expected_length > 0) & 
+			((long)dc.res.xr*dc.res.yr != expected_length)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: expected length is %ld, actual length is %ld\n",
-				fname, (long)expected_length, (long)dc.res.xr*dc.res.yr);
+				fname, expected_length, (long)dc.res.xr*dc.res.yr);
 		fclose(dc.finp);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	strcpy(buf, TEMPLATE);		/* create temporary file to hold raw */
 	fd = mkstemp(buf);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		fputs(buf, stderr);
-		fputs(": cannot create temporary file\n", stderr);
+		perror(buf);
 		fclose(dc.finp);
 		return(-1);
 	}
-	unlink(buf);			/* unlink it now (Windows forbids) */
+	unlink(buf);			/* preemptive remove (Windows forbids) */
 	for (nleft = (ssize_t)dc.res.xr*dc.res.yr; nleft > 0; nleft -= FBUFLEN) {
 		for (n = 0; n < FBUFLEN; n++) {
 			double	d = decode_depth_next(&dc);
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ open_float_depth(const char *fname, long expected_leng
 					goto gotEOF;
 				break;
 			}
-			((float *)buf)[n] = (float)d;
+			((float *)buf)[n] = d;
 		}
 		n *= sizeof(float);
 		if (write(fd, buf, n) != n) {