4 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 623e8c359..eaed1ea69 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static void crondlog(const char *ctl, ...)
                                 close(logfd);
 #if ENABLE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
                         } else {
-                                bb_perror_msg("Can't open log file");
+                                bb_perror_msg("can't open log file");
 #endif
                         }
                 }
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine * line)
                 line->cl_MailFlag = 1;
                 fdprintf(mailFd, "To: %s\nSubject: cron: %s\n\n", user,
                         line->cl_Shell);
-                line->cl_MailPos = lseek(mailFd, 0, 1);
+                line->cl_MailPos = lseek(mailFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
         } else {
                 crondlog("\024unable to create mail file user %s file %s, output to /dev/null\n", user, mailFile);
         }
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index a3bfd495d..6ae1b020c 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int crontab_main(int ac, char **av)
                         }
                         EditFile(caller, tmp);
                         remove(tmp);
-                        lseek(fd, 0L, 0);
+                        lseek(fd, 0L, SEEK_SET);
                         repFd = fd;
                 }
                 option = REPLACE;
diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index e4658010c..6ff5cc223 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                         sprintf(full_name_inc, "%s%d", full_name, i);
                                         rdev = (major << 8) + minor + (i * increment - start);
                                         if (mknod(full_name_inc, mode, rdev) == -1) {
-                                                bb_perror_msg("line %d: could not create node %s", linenum, full_name_inc);
+                                                bb_perror_msg("line %d: cannot create node %s", linenum, full_name_inc);
                                                 ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                         }
                                         else if (chown(full_name_inc, uid, gid) == -1) {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         } else {
                                 rdev = (major << 8) + minor;
                                 if (mknod(full_name, mode, rdev) == -1) {
-                                        bb_perror_msg("line %d: could not create node %s", linenum, full_name);
+                                        bb_perror_msg("line %d: cannot create node %s", linenum, full_name);
                                         ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                 }
                                 else if (chown(full_name, uid, gid) == -1) {
diff --git a/miscutils/nmeter.c b/miscutils/nmeter.c
index e83de38ec..d71bd6add 100644
--- a/miscutils/nmeter.c
+++ b/miscutils/nmeter.c
@@ -88,12 +88,7 @@ static void put_question_marks(int count)
 
 static int readfile_z(char *buf, int sz, const char* fname)
 {
-        int fd;
-        fd = xopen(fname, O_RDONLY);
-        // We are not checking for short reads (valid only because
-        // we are reading /proc files)
-        sz = read(fd, buf, sz-1);
-        close(fd);
+        sz = open_read_close(fname, buf, sz-1);
         if (sz < 0) {
                 buf[0] = '\0';
                 return 1;
@@ -776,15 +771,12 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc, char* argv[])
         s_stat *last = NULL;
         s_stat *s;
         char *cur, *prev;
-        int fd;
 
         if (argc != 2)
                 bb_show_usage();
 
-        fd = xopen("/proc/version", O_RDONLY);
-        if (read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0)
-                is26 = (strstr(buf, "Linux version 2.4.")==NULL);
-        close(fd);
+        if (open_read_close("/proc/version", buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0)
+                is26 = (strstr(buf, " 2.4.")==NULL);
 
         // Can use argv[1] directly, but this will mess up
         // parameters as seen by e.g. ps. Making a copy...