--- lib/ftsym.c.old	Tue Apr 29 08:18:27 2003
+++ lib/ftsym.c	Tue Apr 29 08:19:43 2003
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  *
  *   allocate and initialize new symbol table structure
  *
- *   FILENAME -      filename to load ASCII table
+ *   fname -      filename to load ASCII table
  *
  * returns allocated structure or 0L for error.
  *
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
   int fd, ret;
   u_int32 hash;
 
+  /* no filename? */
+  if (!fname)
+    return (struct ftsym*)0L;
+
   fd = -1;
   ret = -1;