diff -burN ttmkfdir-3.0.9/directory.cpp /home/benjamin/tmp/directory.cpp
--- ttmkfdir-3.0.9/directory.cpp	2002-12-09 09:29:11.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/benjamin/tmp/directory.cpp	2004-08-31 22:32:08.193250592 +0200
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 {
 }
 
-void
+int
 directory::scan (const std::string &dir)
 {
     DIR *ttfdir = opendir(dir.c_str ());
+    if(!ttfdir)
+    	return -1;
 
     this->clear ();
     dirpath = dir;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
     }
 
     closedir (ttfdir);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 bool
diff -burN ttmkfdir-3.0.9/directory.h /home/benjamin/tmp/directory.h
--- ttmkfdir-3.0.9/directory.h	2002-12-09 09:29:11.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/benjamin/tmp/directory.h	2004-08-31 22:32:08.193250592 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	if (path != "") scan (path);
     };
     virtual ~directory (void);
-    void scan (const std::string &path = ".");
+    int scan (const std::string &path = ".");
     virtual bool select (const char *name) const;
     const std::string &path (void) const {
 	return dirpath;
diff -burN ttmkfdir-3.0.9/encoding.l /home/benjamin/tmp/encoding.l
--- ttmkfdir-3.0.9/encoding.l	2003-01-08 06:25:25.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/benjamin/tmp/encoding.l	2004-08-31 22:32:08.195250288 +0200
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@
     char *startptr = strip_first (yytext);
     char *endptr;
 
-    int i1 = std::strtol (startptr, &endptr, 0);
+    int i1 = std::strtol (startptr, &endptr, 10);
     startptr = endptr;
     
-    int i2 = std::strtol (startptr, &endptr, 0);
+    int i2 = std::strtol (startptr, &endptr, 10);
 
     if (startptr == endptr) {
 	i2 = i1;
diff -burN ttmkfdir-3.0.9/ttmkfdir.cpp /home/benjamin/tmp/ttmkfdir.cpp
--- ttmkfdir-3.0.9/ttmkfdir.cpp	2003-01-20 00:33:11.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/benjamin/tmp/ttmkfdir.cpp	2004-08-31 22:32:08.214247400 +0200
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
 	return 0;
     }
     
-    dir::instance()->scan (cmdline::instance()->option ("font-dir"));
+    if(dir::instance()->scan (cmdline::instance()->option ("font-dir")) == -1) {
+    	printf("No such directory...\n");
+	return -1;
+    }
     
     for (directory::iterator i = dir::instance()->begin (); i != dir::instance()->end(); i++) {
 	const ttf::Face face (dir::instance()->path() + '/' + *i);