diff --git a/src/sys/kernel/file.c b/src/sys/kernel/file.c
index 8cba84d..1a6765f 100644
--- a/src/sys/kernel/file.c
+++ b/src/sys/kernel/file.c
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
 
 ************************************************************************/  
 void sysFread(void *data,long size,userFileDescriptor *userFd) {
+  /* TODO : coredump? */
+  if (userFd == NULL)
+  	return;
+  if (userFd->fd == NULL)
+  	return;
+	
   fread(data,size,1,userFd->fd);
   /* Return */
   return;
@@ -199,6 +205,12 @@
   }
 
 void sysFseek(userFileDescriptor *userFd,long offset,int whence) {
+  // TODO : coredump?
+  if (userFd == NULL)
+  	return;
+  if (userFd->fd == NULL)
+  	return;
+
   userFd->fd->offset = offset+whence;
   }
 
@@ -245,6 +257,9 @@
 
 /***
  $Log$
+ Revision 1.17  2004/09/11 12:11:11  reddawg
+ Cleaning up the VFS more changes to follow...
+
  Revision 1.16  2004/09/08 23:19:58  reddawg
  hmm
 
diff --git a/src/sys/vfs/file.c b/src/sys/vfs/file.c
index 5feca74..5deabb4 100644
--- a/src/sys/vfs/file.c
+++ b/src/sys/vfs/file.c
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@
 
 ************************************************************************/
 void sysFclose(userFileDescriptor *userFd,int *status) {
+  if (userFd == NULL)
+  {
+  	*status = -1;
+	return;
+  }
+  if (userFd->fd == NULL)
+  {
+  	*status = -1;
+	return;
+  }
   *status = fclose(userFd->fd);
   /* Return */
   return;
@@ -288,6 +298,9 @@
 
 /***
  $Log$
+ Revision 1.22  2004/09/11 12:11:11  reddawg
+ Cleaning up the VFS more changes to follow...
+
  Revision 1.21  2004/08/21 17:36:57  reddawg
  updates: converted to software task switching however it is not working yet