--- ray/src/common/readwfobj.c	2020/05/02 00:12:45	2.4
+++ ray/src/common/readwfobj.c	2021/02/10 17:57:28	2.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: readwfobj.c,v 2.4 2020/05/02 00:12:45 greg Exp $";
+static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: readwfobj.c,v 2.8 2021/02/10 17:57:28 greg Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  *  readobj.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ loadOBJ(Scene *sc, const char *fspec)
 	FILE    *fp;
 	char	*argv[MAXARG];
 	int	argc;
-	char    buf[256];
+	char    buf[1024];
 	int	nstats=0, nunknown=0;
 	int     onfaces;
 	VNDX    ondx;
@@ -276,13 +276,23 @@ loadOBJ(Scene *sc, const char *fspec)
 			fprintf(stderr, " %8d statements\r", nstats);
 	}
 #if POPEN_SUPPORT
-	if (fspec[0] == '!')
-		pclose(fp);
-	else
+	if (fspec[0] == '!') {
+		if (pclose(fp) != 0) {
+			sprintf(errmsg, "Bad return status from: %s", fspec+1);
+			error(USER, errmsg);
+			freeScene(sc);
+			return(NULL);
+		}
+	} else
 #endif
 	if (fp != stdin)
 		fclose(fp);
-	sprintf(buf, "%d statements read from \"%s\"", nstats, fspec);
+	if (verbose)
+		fprintf(stderr, "Read %d statements\n", nstats);
+	if (strlen(fspec) < sizeof(buf)-32)
+		sprintf(buf, "%d statements read from \"%s\"", nstats, fspec);
+	else
+		sprintf(buf, "%d statements read from (TOO LONG TO SHOW)", nstats);
 	addComment(sc, buf);
 	if (nunknown) {
 		sprintf(buf, "\t%d unrecognized", nunknown);