--- a/src/inhx32.c	Wed Jun 19 14:03:42 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/inhx32.c	Wed Jun 19 18:04:29 2019 +0100
@@ -157,18 +157,25 @@
 	return -8; /* Invalid record type for this architecture */
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 inhx32_perror(int err, int val)
 {
 	static char warning[] = "warning", error[] = "error";
 	char *msg;
+	int rc;
 
-	if (!p.f || err >= 0)
-		return; /* No message output */
+	if (err >= 0)
+		return 0;	/* No warning or error */
+	
+	if (p.error & BADINPUT) {
+		msg = error;
+		rc = -1;	/* Error */
+	} else {
+		msg = warning;
+		rc = 0;		/* Warning */
+	}
 
-	msg = (p.error & BADINPUT) ? error : warning;
-
-	switch (err) {
+	if (p.f) switch (err) {
 	case -1:fprintf(p.f, "%s: %s: invalid line prefix\n", __func__, msg);
 		break;
 	case -2:fprintf(p.f, "%s: %s: invalid line length\n", __func__, msg);
@@ -186,6 +193,8 @@
 	case -8:fprintf(p.f, "%s: %s: invalid record type [0x%02X]\n", __func__, msg, val);
 		break;
 	}
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -208,8 +217,8 @@
 		rc = inhx32_fgets(line, fp, &bb, &aaaa, &tt, &extended_addr);
 		if (rc == 0 || tt == TT_EOF)
 			return NULL;	/* EOF */
-		if (rc < 0)
-			inhx32_perror(rc, tt);
+		if (inhx32_perror(rc, tt) < 0)
+			/* exit pending */;
 	}
 	while (tt != TT_DATA);		/* Skip non data records */