Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/book_commands.c
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--- /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/book_commands.c	(revision 14067)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/book_commands.c	(revision 14068)
@@ -385,7 +385,13 @@
   value = BookGetWord (page, argv[3]);
   if (value == NULL) {
-    gprint (GP_ERR, "value %s on page %s in book %s not found\n", argv[3], argv[2], argv[1]);
-    FREE (varName);
-    return FALSE;
+    if (varName == NULL) {
+      gprint (GP_ERR, "value %s on page %s in book %s not found\n", argv[3], argv[2], argv[1]);
+      FREE (varName);
+      return FALSE;
+    } else {
+      set_str_variable (varName, "NULL");
+      FREE (varName);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
   }