--- src/shar.c.old	1999-09-10 21:20:41.000000000 +0200
+++ src/shar.c	2004-08-08 21:53:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@
 	  sprintf (command, "%s '%s'", CHARACTER_COUNT_COMMAND, local_name);
 	  if (pfp = popen (command, "r"), pfp)
 	    {
-	      char wc[BUFSIZ];
+	      char wc[BUFSIZ], tempform[50];
 	      const char *prefix = "";
 
 	      if (did_md5)
@@ -1580,7 +1580,8 @@
 		  prefix = "  ";
 		}
 
-	      fscanf (pfp, "%s", wc);
+	      sprintf (tempform, "%%%ds", BUFSIZ - 1);
+	      fscanf (pfp, tempform, wc);
 	      fprintf (output, "\
 %s  shar_count=\"`%s '%s'`\"\n\
 %s  test %s -eq \"$shar_count\" ||\n\