--- netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/main.c~	Wed Nov 28 18:50:24 2001
+++ netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/main.c	Wed Nov 28 18:53:14 2001
@@ -324,16 +324,19 @@
 		l = strlen(line);
 		if (l == 0)
 			break;
-		if (line[--l] == '\n') {
-			if (l == 0)
-				break;
-			line[l] = '\0';
-		} 
-		else if (l == sizeof(line) - 2) {
+		if (l == sizeof(line) - 1) {
 			printf("sorry, input line too long\n");
+#ifdef __USE_READLINE__
+			if (!(fromatty && !rl_inhibit))
+#endif
 			while ((l = getchar()) != '\n' && l != EOF)
 				/* void */;
 			break;
+		}
+		if (line[--l] == '\n') {
+			if (l == 0)
+				break;
+			line[l] = '\0';
 		} /* else it was a line without a newline */
 		margv = makeargv(&margc, &marg);
 		if (margc == 0) {