Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ipptool2book.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ipptool2book.c	(revision 18078)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ipptool2book.c	(revision 18080)
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@
   tmpword = nextword (line);
 
-  if (strcmp(tmpword, "MULTI")) {
+  if (!tmpword || strcmp(tmpword, "MULTI")) {
     gprint (GP_ERR, "ERROR: missing metadata output name on first line\n");
     free (bookName);