Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/help.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/help.c	(revision 11084)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/help.c	(revision 27611)
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
   if (argc == 1) {
     sprintf (buff, "ls %s", helpdir);
-    system (buff);
+    if (system (buff) == -1) {
+      fprintf (stderr, "help directory unavailable\n");
+      return (FALSE);
+    }
     return (TRUE);
   }