Index: base/applications/cmdutils/comp/comp.c
===================================================================
--- base/applications/cmdutils/comp/comp.c	(revision 62678)
+++ base/applications/cmdutils/comp/comp.c	(working copy)
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 int _tmain (int argc, TCHAR *argv[])
 {
     INT i;
-    INT LineLen1, LineLen2;
     FILE *fp1, *fp2;           // file pointers
     PTCHAR Line1 = (TCHAR *)malloc(STRBUF * sizeof(TCHAR));
     PTCHAR Line2 = (TCHAR *)malloc(STRBUF * sizeof(TCHAR));
@@ -68,6 +67,13 @@
          bAscii = FALSE,       // /A switch
          bLineNos = FALSE;     // /L switch
 
+    if (Line1 == NULL ||
+        Line2 == NULL)
+    {
+        _tprintf(_T("Could not allocate memory required to perform compare\n"));
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    
     /* parse command line for options */
     for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
     {
@@ -82,10 +88,14 @@
                          _tprintf(_T("/l not supported\n")); (void)bLineNos; /*FIXME: needs adding */
                          break;
                case '?': Usage();
+                         free(Line1);
+                         free(Line2);
                          return EXIT_SUCCESS;
                default:
                    _tprintf(_T("Invalid switch - /%c\n"), argv[i][1]);
                    Usage();
+                   free(Line1);
+                   free(Line2);
                    return EXIT_FAILURE;
             }
         }
@@ -135,6 +145,8 @@
                  break;
         default :
                   _tprintf(_T("Bad command line syntax\n"));
+                  free(Line1);
+                  free(Line2);
                   return EXIT_FAILURE;
                   break;
     }
@@ -144,6 +156,8 @@
     if ((fp1 = fopen(File1, "r")) == NULL)
     {
         _tprintf(_T("Can't find/open file: %s\n"), File1);
+        free(Line1);
+        free(Line2);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     if ((fp2 = fopen(File2, "r")) == NULL)
@@ -150,6 +164,8 @@
     {
         _tprintf(_T("Can't find/open file: %s\n"), File2);
         fclose(fp1);
+        free(Line1);
+        free(Line2);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
@@ -156,8 +172,8 @@
 
     _tprintf(_T("Comparing %s and %s...\n"), File1, File2);
 
-    while ((LineLen1 = GetLine(Line1, fp1) != 0) &&
-           (LineLen2 = GetLine(Line2, fp2) != 0))
+    while ((GetLine(Line1, fp1) != 0) &&
+           (GetLine(Line2, fp2) != 0))
     {
         // LineCount++;
         while ((*Line1 != '\0') && (*Line2 != '\0'))
@@ -175,8 +191,9 @@
 
     fclose(fp1);
     fclose(fp2);
+    free(Line1);
+    free(Line2);
 
-
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 /* EOF */