1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 223d2435c..dff894468 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int ftp_receive(ftp_host_info_t *server, FILE *control_stream,
                 do_continue = 0;
         }
 
-        if ((local_path[0] == '-') && (local_path[1] == '\0')) {
+        if (LONE_DASH(local_path)) {
                 fd_local = STDOUT_FILENO;
                 do_continue = 0;
         }
@@ -212,9 +212,8 @@ int ftp_send(ftp_host_info_t *server, FILE *control_stream,
         fd_data = xconnect_ftpdata(server, buf);
 
         /* get the local file */
-        if ((local_path[0] == '-') && (local_path[1] == '\0')) {
-                fd_local = STDIN_FILENO;
-        } else {
+        fd_local = STDIN_FILENO;
+        if (NOT_LONE_DASH(local_path)) {
                 fd_local = xopen(local_path, O_RDONLY);
                 fstat(fd_local, &sbuf);