Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/parse.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/parse.c	(revision 41516)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/parse.c	(revision 41517)
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
   int Nx, Ny, Nbytes, filestatus, size, NLINE, isBuffer, inRange;
   FILE *f;
-  Vector *vec;
-  Buffer *buf;
 
   *status = TRUE; 
@@ -200,4 +198,7 @@
     }
 
+    Vector *vec = NULL;
+    Buffer *buf = NULL;
+
     /* find vector or buffer (check for valid element)*/
     if (isBuffer) {