Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/include/shell.h
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/include/shell.h	(revision 15007)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/include/shell.h	(revision 15008)
@@ -113,4 +113,5 @@
 char         *VarConfigEntry           	PROTO((char *keyword, char *mode, int entry, void *ptr));
 
+int           init_error                PROTO((void));
 int           push_error                PROTO((char *line));
 int           print_error               PROTO((void));
Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/errors.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/errors.c	(revision 15007)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/errors.c	(revision 15008)
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
 
 static char errorline[1024];
+
+int init_error () {
+
+  bzero (errorline, 1024);
+  return (TRUE);
+}
 
 int push_error (char *line) {
Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/startup.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/startup.c	(revision 15007)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/startup.c	(revision 15008)
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@
   /* init for main (or only) thread */
   gprintInit ();
+
+  init_error ();
 
   /* load config data (.ptolemyrc) */