--- ../main.c	Tue Nov 20 02:41:30 2001
+++ main.c	Wed Nov 21 22:10:14 2001
@@ -1849,6 +1849,7 @@
   config->showerror=TRUE;
   config->conf=CONF_DEFAULT;
   config->use_httpget=FALSE;
+  memset(errorbuffer, 0, CURL_ERROR_SIZE);
 
   if(argc>1 &&
      (!strnequal("--", argv[1], 2) && (argv[1][0] == '-')) &&