Index: trunk/psLib/src/sys/psString.c
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--- trunk/psLib/src/sys/psString.c	(revision 11617)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/sys/psString.c	(revision 11618)
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
  *  @author David Robbins, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.49 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2007-02-03 05:54:08 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.50 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2007-02-03 06:01:42 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(format, 0);
 
-    size_t          length;             // complete string length (sans \0)
-    size_t          oldLength;          // original string length (sans \0)
-    ssize_t         tailLength;         // length of string to append
+    size_t          length = 0;             // complete string length (sans \0)
+    size_t          oldLength = 0;          // original string length (sans \0)
+    ssize_t         tailLength = 0;         // length of string to append
 
     if (*dest) {