index f22b23f..0b991c5 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/files.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/files.c
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ recursivecmd(char *nam, int opt_noerr, int opt_recurse, int opt_safe,
     if ((err & 2) && ds.dirfd >= 0 && restoredir(&ds) && zchdir(pwd)) {
 	zsfree(pwd);
 	pwd = ztrdup("/");
-	chdir(pwd);
+	if (chdir(pwd) < 0)
+	    zwarn("failed to chdir(%s): %e", pwd, errno);
     }
     if (ds.dirfd >= 0)
 	close(ds.dirfd);
index d825c7f..422c707 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/mapfile.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/mapfile.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ setpmmapfile(Param pm, char *value)
 	 * First we need to make sure the file is long enough for
 	 * when we msync.  On AIX, at least, we just get zeroes otherwise.
 	 */
-	ftruncate(fd, len);
+	if (ftruncate(fd, len) < 0)
+	    zwarn("ftruncate failed: %e", errno);
 	memcpy(mmptr, value, len);
 #ifndef MS_SYNC
 #define MS_SYNC 0
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ setpmmapfile(Param pm, char *value)
 	 * Then we need to truncate again, since mmap() always maps complete
 	 * pages.  Honestly, I tried it without, and you need both.
 	 */
-	ftruncate(fd, len);
+	if (ftruncate(fd, len) < 0)
+	    zwarn("ftruncate failed: %e", errno);
 	munmap(mmptr, len);
     }
 #else /* don't USE_MMAP */
index 12a9f0d..0dc9486 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/zftp.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/zftp.c
@@ -2043,8 +2043,9 @@ zfgetinfo(char *prompt, int noecho)
 	fflush(stderr);
     }
 
-    fgets(instr, 256, stdin);
-    if (instr[len = strlen(instr)-1] == '\n')
+    if (fgets(instr, 256, stdin) == NULL)
+	instr[len = 0] = '\0';
+    else if (instr[len = strlen(instr)-1] == '\n')
 	instr[len] = '\0';
 
     strret = dupstring(instr);
index 050101f..95aca06 100644
--- a/Src/builtin.c
+++ b/Src/builtin.c
@@ -795,16 +795,16 @@ bin_cd(char *nam, char **argv, Options ops, int func)
 	setjobpwd();
 	zsfree(pwd);
 	pwd = metafy(zgetcwd(), -1, META_DUP);
-    } else if (stat(".", &st2) < 0)
-	chdir(unmeta(pwd));
-    else if (st1.st_ino != st2.st_ino || st1.st_dev != st2.st_dev) {
+    } else if (stat(".", &st2) < 0) {
+	if (chdir(unmeta(pwd)) < 0)
+	    zwarn("unable to chdir(%s): %e", pwd, errno);
+    } else if (st1.st_ino != st2.st_ino || st1.st_dev != st2.st_dev) {
 	if (chasinglinks) {
 	    setjobpwd();
 	    zsfree(pwd);
 	    pwd = metafy(zgetcwd(), -1, META_DUP);
-	} else {
-	    chdir(unmeta(pwd));
-	}
+	} else if (chdir(unmeta(pwd)) < 0)
+	    zwarn("unable to chdir(%s): %e", pwd, errno);
     }
     unqueue_signals();
     return 0;
index ed7c087..4f15ebe 100644
--- a/Src/exec.c
+++ b/Src/exec.c
@@ -2722,7 +2722,8 @@ execcmd(Estate state, int input, int output, int how, int last1)
 #ifdef HAVE_NICE
 	/* Check if we should run background jobs at a lower priority. */
 	if ((how & Z_ASYNC) && isset(BGNICE))
-	    nice(5);
+	    if (nice(5) < 0)
+		zwarn("nice(5) failed: %e", errno);
 #endif /* HAVE_NICE */
 
     } else if (is_cursh) {
index 38ceac3..637976d 100644
--- a/Src/hist.c
+++ b/Src/hist.c
@@ -2291,9 +2291,9 @@ savehistfile(char *fn, int err, int writeflags)
 #ifdef HAVE_FCHMOD
 	    if (old_exists && out) {
 #ifdef HAVE_FCHOWN
-		fchown(fileno(out), sb.st_uid, sb.st_gid);
+		if (fchown(fileno(out), sb.st_uid, sb.st_gid) < 0) {} /* IGNORE FAILURE */
 #endif
-		fchmod(fileno(out), sb.st_mode);
+		if (fchmod(fileno(out), sb.st_mode) < 0) {} /* IGNORE FAILURE */
 	    }
 #endif
 	}
index 7a983d4..340ceb8 100644
--- a/Src/utils.c
+++ b/Src/utils.c
@@ -5422,7 +5422,8 @@ lchdir(char const *path, struct dirsav *d, int hard)
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_LSTAT
     if (*path == '/')
-	chdir("/");
+	if (chdir("/") < 0)
+	    zwarn("failed to chdir(/): %e", errno);
     for(;;) {
 	while(*path == '/')
 	    path++;