--- ray/src/ot/readobj2.c	2004/03/27 12:41:45	2.9
+++ ray/src/ot/readobj2.c	2025/04/22 04:45:25	2.13
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: readobj2.c,v 2.9 2004/03/27 12:41:45 schorsch Exp $";
+static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: readobj2.c,v 2.13 2025/04/22 04:45:25 greg Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  *  readobj2.c - routines for reading in object descriptions.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: readobj2.c,v 2.9 200
 #include  <stdio.h>
 
 #include  "platform.h"
-#include  "rtprocess.h"
+#include  "paths.h"
 #include  "rtmath.h"
 #include  "rtio.h"
 #include  "rterror.h"
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ readobj2(	/* read in an object file or stream */
 	ro_cbfunc callback
 )
 {
-	char  *fgetline();
 	FILE  *infp;
-	char  buf[512];
+	char  buf[2048];
 	register int  c;
 
 	if (input == NULL) {
@@ -58,9 +57,12 @@ readobj2(	/* read in an object file or stream */
 			getobject2(input, infp, callback);
 		}
 	}
-	if (input[0] == '!')
-		pclose(infp);
-	else
+	if (input[0] == '!') {
+		if (pclose(infp) != 0) {
+			sprintf(errmsg, "bad status from \"%s\"", input);
+			error(SYSTEM, errmsg);
+		}
+	} else
 		fclose(infp);
 }