--- examples/sndfile-to-text.c-dist	2009-02-09 12:36:49.000000000 +0100
+++ examples/sndfile-to-text.c	2009-02-09 12:37:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ main (int argc, char * argv [])
 		return 1 ;
 		} ;
 
+	memset(&sfinfo, 0, sizeof(sfinfo));
 	if ((infile = sf_open (infilename, SFM_READ, &sfinfo)) == NULL)
 	{	printf ("Not able to open input file %s.\n", infilename) ;
 		puts (sf_strerror (NULL)) ;
--- examples/sfprocess.c-dist	2009-02-07 05:07:34.000000000 +0100
+++ examples/sfprocess.c	2009-02-09 12:36:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 */
 
 #include	<stdio.h>
+#include	<string.h>
 
 /* Include this header file to use functions from libsndfile. */
 #include	<sndfile.h>
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ main (void)
 	**		sfinfo.format   = SF_FORMAT_RAW | SF_FORMAT_PCM_16 ;
 	**		sfinfo.channels = 2 ;
     */
+    memset(&sfinfo, 0, sizeof(sfinfo));
     if (! (infile = sf_open (infilename, SFM_READ, &sfinfo)))
     {   /* Open failed so print an error message. */
         printf ("Not able to open input file %s.\n", infilename) ;
--- examples/generate.c-dist	2009-02-07 05:07:44.000000000 +0100
+++ examples/generate.c	2009-02-09 12:36:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ encode_file (const char *infilename, con
 	k = 16 - strlen (outfilename) ;
 	PUT_DOTS (k) ;
 
+	memset(&sfinfo, 0, sizeof(sfinfo));
 	if (! (infile = sf_open (infilename, SFM_READ, &sfinfo)))
 	{	printf ("Error : could not open file : %s\n", infilename) ;
 		puts (sf_strerror (NULL)) ;