diff --git a/src/misc/getopt.c b/src/misc/getopt.c
index e77e460..e2a309a 100644
--- a/src/misc/getopt.c
+++ b/src/misc/getopt.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "libc.h"
+#include "stdio_impl.h"
 
 char *optarg;
 int optind=1, opterr=1, optopt, __optpos, __optreset=0;
@@ -11,6 +12,21 @@ int optind=1, opterr=1, optopt, __optpos, __optreset=0;
 #define optpos __optpos
 weak_alias(__optreset, optreset);
 
+#if 0
+static void errmsg(const char *a, const char *b, int l, const char *c)
+{
+	FILE *f = stderr;
+	FLOCK(f);
+	size_t al = strlen(a), bl = strlen(b);
+	__fwritex((void *)a, al, f) == al &&
+	__fwritex((void *)b, bl, f) == bl &&
+	__fwritex((void *)c, l, f) == l &&
+	__fwritex((void *)"\n", 1, f);
+	FUNLOCK(f);
+}
+#define fprintf(fi, fo, a, b, l, c) errmsg(a, b, l, c)
+#endif
+
 int getopt(int argc, char * const argv[], const char *optstring)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -66,24 +82,18 @@ int getopt(int argc, char * const argv[], const char *optstring)
 	} while (l && d != c);
 
 	if (d != c) {
-		if (optstring[0] != ':' && opterr) {
-			write(2, argv[0], strlen(argv[0]));
-			write(2, ": illegal option: ", 18);
-			write(2, optchar, k);
-			write(2, "\n", 1);
-		}
+		if (optstring[0] != ':' && opterr)
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s%s%.*s\n", argv[0],
+				": illegal option: ", k, optchar);
 		return '?';
 	}
 	if (optstring[i] == ':') {
 		if (optstring[i+1] == ':') optarg = 0;
 		else if (optind >= argc) {
 			if (optstring[0] == ':') return ':';
-			if (opterr) {
-				write(2, argv[0], strlen(argv[0]));
-				write(2, ": option requires an argument: ", 31);
-				write(2, optchar, k);
-				write(2, "\n", 1);
-			}
+			if (opterr)
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s%s%.*s\n", argv[0],
+					": option requires an argument: ", k, optchar);
 			return '?';
 		}
 		if (optstring[i+1] != ':' || optpos) {