1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sh.c b/sh.c
index 77efc6aac..b10614259 100644
--- a/sh.c
+++ b/sh.c
@@ -1447,10 +1447,7 @@ int shell_main(int argc_l, char **argv_l)
                 fprintf(stdout, "Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.\n\n");
         } else if (local_pending_command==NULL) {
                 //fprintf(stdout, "optind=%d  argv[optind]='%s'\n", optind, argv[optind]);
-                input = fopen(argv[optind], "r");
-                if (!input) {
-                        fatalError("%s: %s\n", argv[optind], strerror(errno));
-                }
+                input = xfopen(argv[optind], "r");
         }
 
         /* initialize the cwd -- this is never freed...*/