Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 4573)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 4602)
@@ -339,4 +339,6 @@
   int Nread;
 
+  if (!status) return (TRUE);
+
   /* read stdout buffer */
   Nread = ReadtoIOBuffer (&stdout_buffer, stdout_cntl);