diff --git a/alsactl/utils.c b/alsactl/utils.c
index d8cbf5355..fd9e71d65 100644
--- a/alsactl/utils.c
+++ b/alsactl/utils.c
@@ -84,19 +84,45 @@ void initfailed(int cardnumber, const char *reason, int exitcode)
 	int fp;
 	char *str;
 	char sexitcode[16];
-
+	ssize_t bytes_written;
+	
 	if (statefile == NULL)
-		return;
+	return;
 	if (snd_card_get_name(cardnumber, &str) < 0)
-		return;
+	return;
 	sprintf(sexitcode, "%i", exitcode);
 	fp = open(statefile, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0644);
-	(void)write(fp, str, strlen(str));
-	(void)write(fp, ":", 1);
-	(void)write(fp, reason, strlen(reason));
-	(void)write(fp, ":", 1);
-	(void)write(fp, sexitcode, strlen(sexitcode));
-	(void)write(fp, "\n", 1);
+	
+	bytes_written = write(fp, str, strlen(str));
+	if (bytes_written != strlen(str)) {
+	// Handle error
+	}
+	
+	bytes_written = write(fp, ":", 1);
+	if (bytes_written != 1) {
+	// Handle error
+	}
+	
+	bytes_written = write(fp, reason, strlen(reason));
+	if (bytes_written != strlen(reason)) {
+	// Handle error
+	}
+	
+	bytes_written = write(fp, ":", 1);
+	if (bytes_written != 1) {
+	// Handle error
+	}
+	
+	bytes_written = write(fp, sexitcode, strlen(sexitcode));
+	if (bytes_written != strlen(sexitcode)) {
+	// Handle error
+	}
+	
+	bytes_written = write(fp, "\n", 1);
+	if (bytes_written != 1) {
+	// Handle error
+	}
+	
 	close(fp);
 	free(str);
 }
diff --git a/amidi/amidi.c b/amidi/amidi.c
index ae2143c21..d67dffbb0 100644
--- a/amidi/amidi.c
+++ b/amidi/amidi.c
@@ -728,9 +728,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (length == 0)
 				continue;
 			read += length;
+			
+			ssize_t bytes_written;
+			
+			if (receive_file != -1) {
+			    bytes_written = write(receive_file, buf, length);
+			    if (bytes_written != length) {
+			        // handle the error, e.g., print an error message or break the loop
+			        error("write() failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+			        break;
+			    }
+			}
 
-			if (receive_file != -1)
-				write(receive_file, buf, length);
 			if (dump) {
 				for (i = 0; i < length; ++i)
 					print_byte(buf[i], &ts);
diff --git a/axfer/xfer-options.c b/axfer/xfer-options.c
index 3740b1665..bb26bbda4 100644
--- a/axfer/xfer-options.c
+++ b/axfer/xfer-options.c
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ static int allocate_paths(struct xfer_context *xfer, char *const *paths,
 	xfer->path_count = count;
 
 	if (stdio) {
-		xfer->paths[0] = strndup("-", PATH_MAX);
+		xfer->paths[0] = strndup("-", strlen("-"));
 		if (xfer->paths[0] == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-			xfer->paths[i] = strndup(paths[i], PATH_MAX);
+			xfer->paths[i] = strndup(paths[i], strlen(paths[i]));
 			if (xfer->paths[i] == NULL)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		}